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Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 14 Jul 2025 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast 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
21.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 3PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (14 Jul)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

Hourly12 Days
Gold Coast Surf
Print Surf Table
Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
S
1.2
SSE
1
S
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
E
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
0.9
S
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)16121211111110101010101010101010997899999998888888710677777888877777766666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)54935640434136027427025223525328227225121717317116521119817423418821916816416212310382667361382988268251235240265347429395381207174139113100113796449574350404139
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNE
5
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
0
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
1.25
10:38PM
1.79
11:11AM
1.29
11:21PM
1.69
12:01PM
1.33
12:09AM
1.58
12:59PM
1.37
1:02AM
1.44
2:04PM
1.43
2:05AM
1.31
3:14PM
1.51
3:17AM
1.21
4:23PM
1.61
4:32AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.32
4:03PM
0.38
5:17AM
0.30
4:52PM
0.40
5:58AM
0.30
5:49PM
0.45
6:43AM
0.30
6:56PM
0.50
7:34AM
0.30
8:14PM
0.53
8:30AM
0.30
9:39PM
0.52
9:31AM
0.29
11:00PM
0.47
10:33AM
0.27
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset---5:06-------5:06-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------5:08
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Rain (mm)
-----------------------1--------11111-----------------------
Temp. °C121620201816151414172020181716151518201918181817161819191918171715151616151514131416181816161514141719191716161615171818
Feels °C (?)81217171614131112151616151414131317181716171717171819191817161613131412121211101113151513141312121617171514141413151616
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