Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 AEST
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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
26.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 1PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
1
1
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.8
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
SE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101110101091414888889999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14919822330227326823014012714016941657572083892110679008827928971126885739
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.57
10:34PM
1.78
10:49AM
1.43
11:26PM
1.75
11:42AM
1.29
12:27AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.35
4:07PM
0.34
4:56AM
0.44
4:47PM
0.40
5:58AM
0.53
5:36PM
0.48
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise5:48-------5:50-------5:50-------
Sunset---5:54-------5:53-------5:52----
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--11111111-11-----1----
Temp. °C222424232222222121232524222222212224242422232120
Feels °C (?)222323222222222121222322212120192021212119212019
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