Rainbow Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.16° S 153.55° E

Rainbow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is
20.9° C
0.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today (10 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 10PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)--
Afternoon (10 Jul)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.7
SE
11
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.4
SE
9
1.2
ESE
12
1.3
ESE
12
1.3
ESE
11
1.3
ESE
11
1.2
SE
11
1.2
ESE
11
1.1
SE
10
1
SE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
739
769
720
748
652
604
480
415
314
371
407
379
389
334
300
248
204
175
142
100
98
94
58
55
Wind (km/h)
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
0
ESE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SE
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
4:41PM1.63m
4:46AM1.19m
5:41PM1.76m
5:54AM1.19m
6:37PM1.88m
6:55AM1.21m
Low Tide
11:14PM0.48m
10:49AM0.25m
00:20AM0.38m
11:46AM0.21m
1:18AM0.29m
part cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:04
5:05
5:05
5:05
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
18
17
16
15
15
14
13
15
16
16
16
15
15
15
16
19
21
21
20
18
16
14
14
15
Feels °C
15
14
14
13
13
12
11
14
15
16
16
14
13
12
13
15
17
17
16
14
14
12
12
14
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