Rainbow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° S 153.55° E

Issued: 9 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is

20.6° C

Rainbow Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 1PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	143	108	106	116	78	75	50	43	29	28	18	25	25	25	18	20	24	25	26	26	186	139
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	E	E	N	NNW	NW	W	WSW	SSW	ENE	E	NE	WSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		7:15AM1.15m				7:40PM1.80m				7:57AM1.19m				8:16PM1.82m				8:35AM1.24m				8:49PM1.82m
Low Tide			12:51PM0.41m					2:22AM0.43m				1:33PM0.39m				2:54AM0.38m				2:11PM0.38m


	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	19	20	19	18	18	16	14	14	16	18	17	16	15
Feels °C	13	16	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	19	18	17	18	17	13	11	10	12	14	13	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 6
kJ	143	108	106	116	78	75	50	43	29	17	17	25	25	25	18	20	24	25	26	26	23	20
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ENE 4	ENE 4	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 5	E 6	E 6	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 7	SE 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 7
kJ	26	6	3	13	12	12	9	16	16	28	18	17	8	8	8	8	2	7	12	13	12	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ESE 12	ESE 11	E 7	E 7	E 7	ESE 11	ESE 11	NNW 3	ESE 11	E 11	E 10	SSE 7	SE 7	NE 7	S 7	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	SE 13
kJ	5	26	25	4	4	3	12	12	1	12	2	2	5	2	8	4	12	13	13	13	14	44
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	—	—	—	—	NNE 2	—	NNW 2	NW 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 2	S 3	S 4	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7
kJ	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	5	18	56	117	186	139
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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	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	12	0	59	204	157	157	170	127	84	79	109	41	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1							1				1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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