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Rainbow Bay ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.8
Consistency of Surf: 3.2
Difficulty Level: 1.7

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Overall: 3.7

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Rainbow Bay Surf Forecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 10 Dec 2022 AEST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s 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 24.0 °C (Statistics for 10 Dec 1981-2005 - mean: 24.5 max: 25.5 min: 23.3 °C)
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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 24.0 °C (Statistics for 10 Dec 1981-2005 - mean: 24.5 max: 25.5 min: 23.3 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Rainbow Bay (moderate winds from the ENE at Coolangatta Airport 5 km from Rainbow Bay).

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Moderate
20 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 3PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (10 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (10 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Hourly12 daysGold Coast Surf
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
111012222100000000001000010110100000111111111223322333332120
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
S
1
SSE
1
S
1
S
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NE
1.7
NNE
1.6
N
0.4
NE
0.8
SSE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
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Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)19220120913921420420421425527422222217016713110210010011213114113720618161108779392729069696910375102100112110146188257264316300295672673759603584565555472464371377441371
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
0
E
20
NNW
15
NW
5
W
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
0
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
SW
0
WSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
5
NW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
SW
5
S
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononglassoncross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
1.81
9:24PM
1.14
9:55AM
1.77
10:06PM
1.10
10:32AM
1.71
10:52PM
1.07
11:11AM
1.65
11:44PM
1.06
11:53AM
1.58
12:45AM
1.07
12:40PM
1.51
1:51AM
1.12
1:34PM
1.46
2:55AM
1.20
2:33PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
0.51
2:59AM
0.43
4:43PM
0.54
3:34AM
0.51
5:27PM
0.57
4:12AM
0.59
6:12PM
0.59
4:56AM
0.67
7:00PM
0.58
5:53AM
0.73
7:49PM
0.56
7:05AM
0.76
8:37PM
0.51
8:26AM
0.75

Note: the tide data above is calculated at the surf break location.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Rainbow Bay blow from the S

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
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