Rainbow Bay Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.16° S 153.55° E)

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Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 02 Jun 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 23.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today (02 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jun, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 9AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am June 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jun)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (02 Jun)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (02 Jun)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 2								Wednesday 3								Thursday 4
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NNW 5	NNW 5	N 5	N 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNW 5	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	120	93	74	57	41	54	72	78	127	43	60	61	61	41	74	62	81	79	73	98	98	71	69	69
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				9:08AM1.22m				9:35PM1.86m				9:49AM1.19m					10:10PM1.82m				10:32AM1.16m
Low Tide		3:41AM0.58m				2:41PM0.52m					4:23AM0.59m			3:16PM0.57m					5:03AM0.60m			3:53PM0.63m


	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	13	12	16	20	21	19	18	17	16	16	19	23	22	18	16	15	14	14	17	20	20	17	16
Feels °C	13	10	9	12	14	16	15	14	13	12	12	15	18	17	13	13	13	12	11	13	14	14	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	N 6	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	120	93	74	57	41	39	40	41	44	43	60	61	61	41	41	31	81	79	73	98	98	71	69	69
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 7	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	E 11	E 11	E 9	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	NE 10	NE 10	N 5	N 5
kJ	38	38	39	39	39	28	24	21	11	11	5	4	1	22	23	62	20	14	9	5	4	4	16	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	—	N 11	N 12	NE 11	S 7	S 7	NE 10	WNW 4	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	S 10	S 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	—	2	3	5	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNW 6	NNW 5	NW 5	WNW 5	WNW 4	WSW 4	NW 2	NNW 3	NNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4
kJ	—	1	2	6	24	54	72	78	127	128	97	101	97	100	74	17	17	6	6	1	10	19	17	18
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	1	1	16	40	40	40	25	10	20	5	5	5	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1					1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	5	5	5	3	3	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5

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