Rainbow Bay surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 24 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
26.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)8ft (2.4m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)9999910101010101112121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101610679909841085113311531129106412021702200020692104192118051641137211731034885787698615
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.29
12:27AM
1.70
12:50PM
1.18
1:43AM
1.67
2:21PM
1.14
3:06AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
0.53
5:36PM
0.48
7:16AM
0.61
6:39PM
0.57
8:48AM
0.64
8:03PM
0.63
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise5:50-------5:50-------5:52-------
Sunset---5:52-------5:52-------5:51----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1121121-----------------
Temp. °C212324232222212021232525232221212125252524242323
Feels °C (?)192122222122212021222425242423232327242524242223
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