Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 29 Dec 2025 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
21.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 5AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 29). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (29 Dec)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (29 Dec)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

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Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
0.5
WSW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)789101010157881313131212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)603297275428424672128398481338680543473437658205144144355224182154121121
Wind
(km/h)
55
SSE
45
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
S
45
SSW
50
SSW
45
S
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
10
ESE
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
25
SE
35
E
40
ENE
30
ENE
10
ESE
25
SSW
35
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
0.74
6:10PM
0.88
6:55PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
0.30
3:24AM
0.24
3:59AM
0.20
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Sunrise---5:11-------5:13-------5:13----
Sunset------7:25-------7:25-------7:27-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191716162020202423181718232121242521202127282322
Feels °C (?)999101512121614111113211514182014131624211817
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