Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 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
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 8AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.2
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)999101010101016141313121212111212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4544544856256638849017914393364534153264124515171637128718061717247612921268141212381148
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
1.54
9:34PM
1.95
9:52AM
1.43
10:21PM
1.92
10:42AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
0.31
3:02PM
0.30
4:03AM
0.36
3:41PM
0.35
4:59AM
0.43
4:26PM
0.43
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise--6:03-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset-----5:23-------5:22-------5:22--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191919212221201919191821232221201917172022212020
Feels °C (?)171717191918181717171618181718171614131618171718
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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