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Rainbow Bay Surf Forecast
/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 AESTForecast 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
26.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 4AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Mar) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (26 Mar) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 11s |
| Evening (26 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Rainbow Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1914 | 1857 | 1715 | 1586 | 1412 | 1152 | 1008 | 925 | 839 | 374 | 302 | 281 | 260 | 212 | 170 | 130 | 117 | 104 | 104 | 113 | 160 | 321 | 445 | 640 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:43AM 1.67 | 2:21PM 1.14 | 3:06AM 1.69 | 3:53PM 1.19 | 4:20AM 1.74 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:39PM 0.57 | 8:48AM 0.64 | 8:03PM 0.63 | 10:09AM 0.59 | 9:31PM 0.62 | 11:09AM 0.53 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wed 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
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