Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 AWST
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Cathedral Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
21.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 11AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s

Table - waves today at Cathedral Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131313131381312131313141414141414141314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1844169913591217938838614569578119134002728120811882253246223552278211018311683138712431144
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
35
NW
45
NW
45
WSW
40
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02PM
1.11
12:46PM
1.04
1:47PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
0.40
1:23AM
0.39
1:58AM
0.40
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:43-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset----5:50-------5:49-------5:46---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C161616181818191920181818181818181818181818181817
Feels °C (?)121111141314141211101012131514141515161616161514
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