Rainbow Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.16° S 153.55° E

Rainbow Bay, Australia Weather Observations

Issued: 9 am 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is
22.0°C
0.7° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for Rainbow Bay based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Rainbow Bay right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Rainbow Bay

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Coolangatta

5 km WSW218 m above sea level

1 hour ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
35
fresh winds from the SE
(33 km/h at 140°)
23 °C10.0
10.0
no cloud
-
-

Miami

15 km WNW15 m above sea level

50 minutes ago
dry
5
light winds from the ESE
(6 km/h at 113°)
20
23 °C-
-
-
-
0

Murwillumbah (Bray Park)

25 km SSW8 m above sea level

1 hour ago
cloudno report
-
(- km/h at -°)
18.2 °C30
30

-

Gold Coast Seaway

28 km NW4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
no report
10
light winds from the W
(9 km/h at 260°)
16.3 °C-
-

-

Helensvale

35 km WNW35 m above sea level

48 minutes ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 113°)
15
- °C-
-
-
-
0

Canungra (Defence)

38 km W252 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-

-

Tamborine

49 km WNW73 m above sea level

51 minutes ago
dry
wind obs. (10 kph from 184 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
25 °C-
-
-
-
0

Cape Byron Automatic Weather Station

52 km S98 m above sea level

1 hour ago
no report
5
light winds from the WNW
(7 km/h at 300°)
15.7 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Beaudesert Drumley Street

59 km W48 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-

-

Cedar Vale wx

60 km W158 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
wind obs. (10 kph from 137 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
26 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Rainbow Bay and within an acceptable time window.

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