Rainbow Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.16° S 153.55° E

Rainbow Bay, Australia Weather Observations

Issued: 9 am 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is
20.4° C
0.4° 

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 Airport

5 km WSW218 m above sea level

1 hour ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
20
moderate winds from the E
(20 km/h at 100°)
21 °C10.0
10.0
broken
-
-

Coolangatta

5 km WSW218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
20
moderate winds from the E
(20 km/h at 100°)
21 °C10.0
10.0
broken

Miami

15 km WNW15 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
light winds from the SE
(6 km/h at 135°)
15
21 °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

3 hours ago
no report
wind obs. (9 kph from 260 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
16.3 °C-
-

-

Beechmont

34 km WSW525 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
15
light winds from the ENE
(13 km/h at 77°)
20
18.2 °C-
-
-
-
0

Canungra (Defence)

38 km W252 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-

-

Hinchies

41 km W525 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
15
light winds from the N
(17 km/h at 10°)
25
19.7 °C-
-
-
-
0

Tambo

43 km W548 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
20
moderate winds from the ENE
(22 km/h at 67°)
35
18.0 °C-
-
-
-
0

Tyagarah

48 km S8 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
wind obs. (11 kph from 204 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
21.5 °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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