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Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
23.2° 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 11AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (22 Nov)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
1.4
NNE
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)11111111111111101010101010101010101010101061010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)403396396338332326269264252242244196245196158158122153153149118121153162
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
15
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNE
25
NNE
10
NNE
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassonglassononononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
1.76
9:07PM
1.14
9:41AM
1.73
9:47PM
1.08
10:18AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.36
3:43PM
0.52
2:46AM
0.42
4:26PM
0.54
3:19AM
0.47
5:12PM
0.56
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise--4:41-------4:41-------4:41-----
Sunset-----6:20-------6:21-------6:22--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212022232323222221222325262524232322232826222121
Feels °C (?)222122222224242524242626252525242523242926242223
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