Rainbow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

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

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 6PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (02 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	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 22°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 2						Friday 3								Saturday 4								Sun 5
	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	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 7	ESE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 10	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 11	E 11
Wave Graph
kJ	128	130	130	130	123	116	104	134	94	102	105	100	75	75	110	121	146	86	173	195	250	298	265	251
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSW
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	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off
High Tide		9:35AM1.19m				9:49PM1.82m					10:14AM1.20m				10:23PM1.77m				10:54AM1.22m				10:59PM1.71m
Low Tide	4:01AM0.46m			3:03PM0.49m					4:35AM0.45m			3:42PM0.52m					5:08AM0.44m				4:23PM0.54m


	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37
	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	5:01
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	20	22	20	19	19	17	16	16	17	18	18	17	16	17	15
Feels °C	17	17	19	17	18	19	17	17	17	18	20	20	19	18	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	14	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 10	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 11	E 11
kJ	128	97	130	130	123	49	71	134	94	102	105	100	60	64	38	121	146	86	173	195	250	298	265	251
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	ESE 11	S 12	S 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 10	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 7	NE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 6	NE 7	SE 11
kJ	1	130	3	2	121	116	104	102	2	87	78	80	75	75	110	37	10	32	20	19	18	8	8	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	—	—	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	—	—	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 15	E 15	E 14	ESE 13	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 13	NNE 6
kJ	3	3	—	—	2	2	2	2	2	—	—	28	28	28	21	17	16	58	10	10	11	7	18	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNW 4	NW 3	WNW 3	NNE 7	NW 3	NW 3	NNW 4	NW 4	—	SW 3	S 4	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 6
kJ	110	108	80	65	55	16	2	1	114	3	4	25	13	—	2	15	30	50	69	147	131	81	78	52
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	10	10	1	10	10	1	1	1	1	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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