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Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 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
22.5° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 11PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 2.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)--
Afternoon (06 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (06 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
1
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.6
SW
1
WSW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)15141414141414141313131313121212127771181111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27422873982106810531474147217332012234060659657846677210311513623539266226216606659
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
S
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SSE
35
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
S
50
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
0.74
10:38PM
0.59
10:08PM
0.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
0.23
7:22AM
0.23
6:22AM
0.21
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise-----5:18-------5:20-------5:20--
Sunset7:28-------7:28-------7:28-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919191817192020202020191819191919191716151921
Feels °C (?)111111111111131313131214141414111010119981313
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