Rainbow Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.16° S 153.55° E

Rainbow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is
20.9°C
0.1° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 11PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.9
NNE
5
1
NNE
5
0.3
E
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
1.4
N
6
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
1.6
SSE
6
1.7
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
67
42
40
37
60
18
31
17
17
141
17
17
195
344
380
326
366
461
391
271
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
2:50PM1.54m
3:16AM1.03m
4:06PM1.62m
4:37AM1.09m
5:11PM1.72m
Low Tide
9:46PM0.47m
9:06AM0.38m
10:58PM0.39m
10:22AM0.33m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:34
 mm
Temp °C
22
21
20
20
19
21
22
28
29
28
20
18
17
17
16
19
20
19
19
18
Feels °C
21
20
19
20
18
19
19
24
26
27
16
14
14
15
14
17
17
17
18
18
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