Rainbow Bay Surf Forecast
/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (292 breaks) / Australia (814 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.16° S 153.55° E)

Rainbow Bay Surf Forecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia
1 h 7 min ago

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 4PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (03 Mar) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
Afternoon (03 Mar) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
Evening (03 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Rainbow Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Rating (10 max) |
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Swell Height Map |
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
Period(s) (?) |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() |
Energy (?) |
Wind (km/h) |
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
High Tide / height (m) |
Low Tide / height (m) |
Summary |
Rain (mm) |
Temp. °C |
Chill °C (?) |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Sat 06 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM |
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E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | ESE | ESE | ESE | E | E | E | E | E | ESE | E | E | ESE | ESE |
12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
247 | 247 | 187 | 184 | 139 | 137 | 134 | 134 | 98 | 96 | 135 | 139 | 119 | 97 | 76 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 39 | 44 | 38 | 36 | 35 |
SE | SE | ESE | ESE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SSE | SW | SW | N | NE | NE | NE | ENE | S |
cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off |
10:50AM 1.67 | 11:20PM 1.62 | 11:37AM 1.52 | 12:15AM 1.59 | 12:32PM 1.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
4:36AM 0.33 | 5:04PM 0.34 | 5:30AM 0.43 | 5:49PM 0.40 | 6:35AM 0.54 | 6:41PM 0.48 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is calculated at the surf break location.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Sat 06 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM |
some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear |
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23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 21 |
5:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - |
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