Rainbow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° S 153.55° E

Issued: 9 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is

22.4°C

Rainbow Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 3PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	10s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s
Evening (10 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 76mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 19°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Wed afternoon, calm by Thu night).
	Tuesday 10						Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	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	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	SSE 8	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	807	734	647	532	473	426	345	338	292	274	223	183	135	124	94	105	105	86	67	102	122	41	35	34
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	E	NNE	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NE	NNE	WNW	SW	SW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	glassy	cross-off
High Tide		8:23AM1.79m				8:26PM1.26m				9:00AM1.77m				9:02PM1.18m				9:38AM1.74m				9:40PM1.11m
Low Tide				2:51PM0.44m				2:15AM0.32m				3:34PM0.49m				2:46AM0.38m					4:18PM0.55m			3:18AM0.46m


	4:48	—	—	—	—	—	4:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:46	—
	—	—	—	6:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:12	—	—	—	6:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	39	3	1	—	—	—	—	26	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	21	23	22	22	21	21	20	21	26	25	22	19	19	20	21	22	27	26	20	20	21	20	20
Feels °C	20	21	21	19	21	20	20	19	20	25	23	22	18	18	19	21	22	27	26	19	21	23	22	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	NNE 6	NNE 6
kJ	807	734	647	532	473	426	345	338	292	274	223	183	135	124	94	84	64	62	62	61	43	41	121	125
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8
kJ	26	26	26	35	35	20	20	20	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	35	34
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	N 15	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	SE 11	NNE 10	SE 10	E 8	E 8
kJ	31	30	30	30	30	30	18	18	18	17	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	4	12	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 3	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	NNW 6
kJ	—	—	2	12	41	74	90	101	86	69	109	127	121	98	66	105	105	86	67	102	122	146	78	68
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	5	176	780	176	140	40	40	40	79	326	40	79	16	12	40	5	12	142	16	1	1	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	2													1		1	1			1	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	8	9	8	7

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