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Rainbow Rocks surfForecast / Oregon South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 PDT
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Rainbow Rocks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rainbow Rocks sea temperature is
11.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 2AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (18 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121111101010101212121212111112121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128512681083973956736607555469385370306300319344389383383363350418397382457
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
E
5
NE
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
N
5
NE
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
N
5
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		offglassglasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
1.96
11:56AM
2.04
12:29AM
2.10
12:43PM
2.02
12:58AM
2.21
1:32PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
-0.01
6:00AM
0.36
6:16PM
0.06
6:41AM
0.16
6:49PM
0.18
7:24AM
-0.01
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:24-------7:22-------7:20---
Sunset-------7:25-------7:28-------7:29
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131213131217191816161615161919191817161615171815
Feels °C (?)12111110914161513131211131615161514131312141612
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