Rainbow Bay Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.16° S 153.55° E)

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Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 29 Aug 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 21.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 6AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 29). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (29 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (29 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s

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

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	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	3	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	460	399	324	307	271	268	307	311	242	237	189	131	139	91	103	70	388	898	4386	1337	1300	1194	1030	769
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	N	WNW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:55PM 1.32				11:46AM 1.38				11:26PM 1.20				12:36PM 1.36				12:07AM 1.09					1:42PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)			5:11AM 0.45				5:50PM 0.70				5:44AM 0.50				6:54PM 0.78				6:26AM 0.54					8:30PM 0.80

	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	18	20	22	19	17	15	14	13	16	18	18	15	14	14	13	13	14	18	17	17	16
Feels °C (?)	13	12	12	16	17	18	15	13	11	9	8	9	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	9	13	13	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rainbow Bay (calm at Coolangatta Airport 5 km from Rainbow Bay). 1.2m 11s groundswell from the E with a 1.2m 6s windswell from the SSW and a 0.6m 9s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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1 h 6 min ago

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