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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 Monday 15 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 3AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 12s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Rainbow Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 91 | 83 | 87 | 89 | 56 | 83 | 76 | 45 | 92 | 109 | 117 | 102 | 89 | 121 | 15 | 137 | 126 | 129 | 170 | 53 | 18 | 57 | 69 | 73 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | off | off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:05AM 0.99 | 3:49PM 1.58 | 4:27AM 1.05 | 4:54PM 1.65 | 5:28AM 1.16 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:36PM 0.50 | 8:46AM 0.46 | 10:48PM 0.45 | 10:04AM 0.44 | 11:41PM 0.38 | 11:08AM 0.39 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mon 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:41 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:38 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast
The wind is still cross-on at Rainbow Bay (light winds from the WNW at Coolangatta Airport 5 km from Rainbow Bay). 0.5m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the E and a 0.2m 12s groundswell, also from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 17 min ago
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