Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.02° S 115.45° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
20.1° C
0.6° 

Cathedral Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 2AM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jul)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (16 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed night, min 15°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu night, near gales from the W by Fri night).

Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
17
1.3
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
12
1.4
WSW
12
1.4
WSW
14
2.5
W
14
3.5
W
13
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
935
838
1199
1107
904
917
929
983
1061
1154
947
989
960
841
786
660
727
558
671
2452
3459
3932
4471
5068
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
15
WSW
10
SSW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
45
W
50
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:30AM1.03m
11:01AM0.88m
11:19AM0.73m
Low Tide
7:16PM0.37m
7:49PM0.37m
8:08PM0.38m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:16
7:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:30
5:31
5:31
 mm
2
10
9
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
22
22
21
20
19
19
19
18
19
19
18
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
15
16
17
Feels °C
18
17
16
15
13
13
13
13
14
19
18
16
13
15
16
16
14
13
11
9
7
6
8
11
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