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Rainbow Bay Surf Forecast
/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 11PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Oct) | - | - |
| Evening (16 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Rainbow Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 58 | 58 | 76 | 83 | 153 | 107 | 101 | 105 | 123 | 117 | 91 | 97 | 101 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 68 | 259 | 273 | 289 | 340 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | on | cross | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:23PM 1.59 | 5:07AM 1.25 | 5:14PM 1.61 | 5:50AM 1.39 | 5:58PM 1.62 | 6:29AM 1.51 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:07PM 0.40 | 10:50AM 0.49 | 11:45PM 0.35 | 11:42AM 0.44 | 12:19AM 0.32 | 12:28PM 0.40 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thu 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:05 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast
Wind reports 5 km away suggest it is still onshore at Rainbow Bay (light winds from the N at Coolangatta Airport). 1.0m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.7m 7s swell, also from the ENE and a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the SSE as well as a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the E. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 58 min ago
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