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Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 19 Mar 2026 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
27.0° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 8PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
1.1
E
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151514141414141414141114141010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161161159155141137139139141143139132130130130130128127125279124114231234
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
1.73
8:47AM
1.79
9:09PM
1.78
9:25AM
1.69
9:49PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.30
2:36AM
0.30
2:57PM
0.28
3:18AM
0.31
3:30PM
0.30
4:04AM
0.35
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------5:48-------5:48-------5:48-
Sunset-5:59-------5:57-------5:55------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
225111-1--1----111--1--1
Temp. °C232321212020202223232222212121232323232221212222
Feels °C (?)242423212020202223222223222121232223232220212121
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