Rainbow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today (01 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 4PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Afternoon (01 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s
Evening (01 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s

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

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	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 1						Thursday 2								Friday 3								Sat 4
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 10	NE 7	ESE 10	E 10	E 11
Wave Graph
kJ	78	94	67	66	66	65	99	128	128	125	130	130	123	116	78	83	121	102	102	106	75	75	204	223
Wind (km/h)	WNW	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	SW	SSW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		8:56AM1.18m				9:15PM1.85m				9:35AM1.19m				9:49PM1.82m					10:14AM1.20m				10:23PM1.77m
Low Tide				2:26PM0.46m					4:01AM0.46m			3:03PM0.49m					4:35AM0.45m			3:42PM0.52m


	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37
	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	5:01
mm	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	18	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	20	22	22	21	20	18	16
Feels °C	17	18	19	18	18	18	18	16	17	18	18	19	17	18	17	17	17	18	20	21	20	19	15	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 11	ESE 11	NE 5	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 10	E 11
kJ	78	94	67	51	50	38	99	128	38	125	130	130	123	46	73	83	121	102	88	78	65	54	204	223
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	NNE 8	NNE 8	ESE 11	ESE 11	S 12	S 11	NE 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 15	E 15
kJ	58	57	59	66	66	65	6	6	128	90	3	2	32	116	78	78	100	100	102	106	75	75	21	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NNE 7	NE 5	S 9	S 8	NNE 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	SE 7	—	—	NE 8	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	—	ESE 12	ESE 12	—	ESE 15
kJ	9	5	7	2	1	5	1	1	1	19	—	—	9	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	48	28	—	21
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NE 5	NNE 3	NE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNW 4	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	—	—	SW 3	S 4
kJ	—	—	—	14	7	16	29	59	20	64	63	53	14	9	11	14	21	28	20	25	—	—	2	10
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	5	69	5	5	1	1	40	10	40	20	1	20	10	1	1	1	40	16	1	1	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1		1	1	1		1			1		1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	9	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	5	7	6	6	5	7	8	9	9	9	7	5	5

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