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Rainbow Bay surf Forecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 26 Apr 2024 AEST
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Rainbow Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is 25.2°C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 24.2 °C max: 26.0 °C min: 23.4 °C)
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  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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Rainbow Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is 25.2°C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 24.2 °C max: 26.0 °C min: 23.4 °C)


How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 12AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Apr)--
Afternoon (27 Apr)--
Evening (27 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

Table - waves today at Rainbow Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Fri
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1
S
0.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.4
SE
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1.9
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SE
1.3
E
1.7
SE
2.2
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)71010169999101010101010101010109766788887888888888886889999999888811888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2475291921733913073013074391921571571231231239637617720770721081431902031931861551871911871531481441481251251191063006358259018289961215147414411236932575392398426355650686669447369
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
1.83
9:49AM
1.32
10:22PM
1.81
10:33AM
1.24
11:08PM
1.78
11:29AM
1.18
12:05AM
1.74
12:41PM
1.15
1:12AM
1.71
2:06PM
1.18
2:26AM
1.71
3:25PM
1.29
3:36AM
1.72
4:29PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.58
3:35PM
0.50
5:01AM
0.61
4:14PM
0.55
5:59AM
0.63
5:03PM
0.60
7:08AM
0.63
6:10PM
0.66
8:21AM
0.59
7:36PM
0.68
9:26AM
0.52
9:05PM
0.64
10:22AM
0.44
10:20PM
0.55
Fri
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise----6:09-------6:09-------6:11-------6:11-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------
Sunset-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12-------5:10----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202018171821212120202019192122222120201919202121202019191921222121191918171921211918171817171921191918171719202019181817
Feels °C (?)181816151619191919181817171819202020201918202021212119201921212022191817151718181615161716151617161717161617192019181816

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