Rainbow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today (03 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 2PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am June 03). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (03 Jun)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (03 Jun)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 3						Thursday 4								Friday 5								Sat 6
	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	1	1	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNW 4	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 11	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	42	61	42	41	52	62	81	79	73	72	72	71	69	69	69	48	46	44	28	38	99	166	1029	1342
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		9:49AM1.19m					10:10PM1.82m				10:32AM1.16m				10:47PM1.77m				11:19AM1.16m				11:27PM1.72m
Low Tide	4:23AM0.59m			3:16PM0.57m					5:03AM0.60m			3:53PM0.63m					5:44AM0.60m				4:36PM0.68m


	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31
	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	4:57
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	20	23	22	19	17	16	15	14	18	19	20	17	16	15	14	12	15	18	19	16	14	14	13
Feels °C	13	16	18	17	14	14	13	12	11	14	13	14	12	11	10	10	8	11	14	16	12	10	10	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	N 6	NNW 6	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	N 5	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 10	SSE 10
kJ	103	61	42	41	41	44	36	79	73	72	72	71	69	20	69	48	46	44	28	38	99	166	360	622
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	S 7	S 7	E 11	E 11	E 9	E 11	N 6	N 6	NE 10	N 6	NE 10	NE 10	E 10	N 5	NE 10	NE 9	NNW 5	NW 4	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	42	4	4	10	23	62	81	24	24	4	15	4	4	69	13	4	3	5	3	28	28	30	30	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 13	S 12	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	S 7	NE 10	S 7	S 10	NE 10	NE 10	S 9	S 9	NE 9	S 9	NNW 4	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	4	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	1	4	1	2	4	4	2	2	3	6	1	4	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	NNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WSW 2	W 4	N 6	NW 3	NNW 4	NW 5	WNW 4	WNW 4	NW 5	NW 5	W 3	SW 4	SW 3	SW 3	WSW 4	S 11	S 11
kJ	180	88	107	79	52	11	18	1	10	17	7	24	51	17	17	23	12	4	6	5	7	2	1029	1342
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3
Distance (km)	1	5	16	16	5	1	1	1	1	5	5	5	1	5	5	1	40	4	71	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1				1	1	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	7	8	8
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	9	9

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