Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 21 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
21.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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 3PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (21 Dec)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (21 Dec)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.5
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
SW
1.3
WSW
2.1
SW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131817161615151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6497576064844024024025047465362528127495792113761074846774672569465690623394
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
45
S
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
35
ESE
35
E
25
E
10
SE
30
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
30
SE
40
E
35
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
1.06
9:52PM
0.99
10:22PM
0.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
0.26
7:42AM
0.23
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Sunrise-------5:07-------5:09-------5:09
Sunset--7:22-------7:22-------7:23-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171718191919171720202021212019202626252627232222
Feels °C (?)141011121212111216141416161413162420192021161616
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