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Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia
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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
26.6° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 10AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Mar) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (23 Mar) | 6ft (1.8m) | 8s |
| Evening (23 Mar) | 7ft (2.2m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Rainbow Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 254 | 151 | 127 | 130 | 197 | 526 | 552 | 645 | 754 | 900 | 921 | 851 | 828 | 865 | 1016 | 1016 | 1019 | 960 | 944 | 826 | 1665 | 2288 | 2498 | 2329 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:34PM 1.78 | 10:49AM 1.43 | 11:26PM 1.75 | 11:42AM 1.29 | 12:27AM 1.70 | 12:50PM 1.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:56AM 0.44 | 4:47PM 0.40 | 5:58AM 0.53 | 5:36PM 0.48 | 7:16AM 0.61 | 6:39PM 0.57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - |
Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
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