Rainbow Rocks Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.07° N 124.32° W

Rainbow Rocks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 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):

  • 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 10PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
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 60mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Wed afternoon, light winds from the SE by Thu morning).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
NW
10
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
6
0.6
SW
18
2.5
SSW
7
2.5
SSW
7
2
SSW
7
1.4
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
9
1.9
WNW
10
2
WNW
11
2.3
NW
11
2.5
WNW
11
3
WNW
11
3
WNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
208
173
166
151
151
151
179
197
597
706
400
268
415
528
665
974
1327
1771
1953
1948
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
40
S
35
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:51PM2.18m
3:54AM1.61m
3:31PM2.18m
5:07AM1.48m
4:19PM2.16m
Low Tide
9:42PM0.13m
9:15AM0.73m
10:41PM0.11m
9:59AM0.91m
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:51
7:49
7:47
 mm
1
3
12
21
8
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
Temp °C
16
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
16
15
15
14
Feels °C
14
14
13
13
12
10
9
8
7
8
11
12
13
13
13
12
13
12
12
13
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