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Cathedral Rock Surf Photo: 'Rotto hollow nuggets' by Aaron Clarke

Lat Long: 32.02° S 115.45° E

Issued: 1 am 20 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is

20.5° C

Normal for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	S	SSW	SW	W
	15 s	cross- off	5 s	15 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 March at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSW	SSW	W
	14 s	cross- off	14 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 March at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SSW	SSW	W
	6 s	cross- off	6 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 March at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	S	SSW	SW	W
	7 s	cross- off	7 s	14 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 March at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	SSE	SW	SW
	14 s	off	6 s	7 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 March at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	SE	SW	WSW
	14 s	off	5 s	8 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	SE	SW	WSW
	13 s	off	5 s	8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	SE	WSW	SW
	13 s	off	5 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	SE	WSW	W
	13 s	off	5 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW	SE	SW	W
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S	SSW	WSW	W
	12 s	cross- off	5 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	SE	SW	WSW
	12 s	off	4 s	7 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	SE	WSW	SW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	ESE	SW	W
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	E	SW	W
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	SW	W
	12 s	off	4 s	12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Cathedral Rock around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 5 minutes before high water (at high neap tide). Tide height was 0.5m (1.7 ft). Range 1.00m (3.3 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Cathedral Rock Surf Photo: 'Rotto hollow nuggets' by Aaron Clarke

Rottnest west end 1.5m nice hollow chunks 30 offshore. Every surf spot on Rottnest was going off on the north and west side and basically zero crowds so worth the trek about 13km (best on Bike)

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User: Aaron Clarke (1 photo)

Country: Australia (2654 photos)

Photo taken at: 11:50 am 3 Mar 2018