Rainbow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today (04 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 4AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm June 03). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (04 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (04 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 3		Thursday 4								Friday 5								Saturday 6
	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	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	2	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	SSE 10	S 11	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	41	62	81	79	73	73	72	72	71	69	69	48	47	45	28	28	57	106	426	1489	1665	880	983	1053
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off
High Tide			10:10PM1.82m				10:32AM1.16m				10:47PM1.77m				11:19AM1.16m				11:27PM1.72m				12:11PM1.17m
Low Tide					5:03AM0.60m			3:53PM0.63m					5:44AM0.60m				4:36PM0.68m				6:27AM0.59m


	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	17	16	15	14	18	20	21	17	16	15	13	12	14	18	19	16	14	13	13	14	16	18	18
Feels °C	14	14	14	12	11	14	15	15	13	11	10	9	8	10	13	15	12	10	9	9	10	11	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	N 6	N 6	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	N 5	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 10	E 10	E 9
kJ	49	33	35	79	73	73	72	72	29	69	69	48	47	45	28	28	57	106	426	667	800	16	16	16
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 11	N 6	N 6	N 6	NE 10	NE 10	E 10	S 9	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	N 5	NW 4	S 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	41	62	81	26	26	18	4	4	71	2	4	4	3	1	4	14	29	29	16	16	16	4	4	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 10	NE 10	S 10	S 10	NE 10	NE 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	NNW 4	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	—	—
kJ	23	1	1	1	4	4	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	7	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 4	WNW 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	NW 3	NNW 4	NNW 4	WNW 4	NW 4	NW 4	NW 5	NW 5	WNW 3	SW 3	SW 3	WSW 3	SW 4	WSW 4	S 11	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	15	6	10	6	6	2	16	26	14	39	40	30	13	5	5	7	8	14	3	1489	1665	880	983	1053
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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	2	4	4	2	3	3
Distance (km)	5	1	1	1	1	5	5	5	1	5	4	1	4	40	138	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1					1	1	2	4	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	6	6
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	8	9	8	6

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