Rainbow Rocks Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.07° N 124.32° W

Rainbow Rocks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rainbow Rocks sea temperature is
12.4°C
1.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Rainbow Rocks today (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 8AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (01 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 66mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Tue morning, strong winds from the S by Wed afternoon).

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
1.1
NW
10
1.1
NW
10
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
6
2.3
SSW
7
2.4
SSW
7
2.1
SSW
7
1.6
SSW
7
1.6
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
10
2
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
12
3
NW
12
3.5
WNW
12
3
WNW
12
3
WNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
226
222
241
208
208
173
166
154
151
151
154
229
469
574
420
275
415
578
825
1607
2216
2968
2586
2005
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:55AM1.75m
2:51PM2.18m
3:54AM1.61m
3:31PM2.18m
5:07AM1.48m
4:19PM2.16m
Low Tide
8:38AM0.52m
9:42PM0.13m
9:15AM0.73m
10:41PM0.11m
9:59AM0.91m
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6:41
6:43
6:43
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7:51
7:49
7:47
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1
1
7
18
16
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Temp °C
14
14
16
16
17
16
15
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
13
13
16
14
15
14
13
12
11
11
9
8
7
8
10
10
11
12
12
12
11
12
11
12
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