Rainbow Rocks surfForecast / Oregon South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
13.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rainbow Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 4PM is: 2.5m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Sep)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)10101267810109999999998889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2052091182450637676151015201366137217772314173113851132931703602511401430393255321
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
25
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
E
5
ESE
5
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
1.69
9:04PM
2.02
10:44AM
1.79
10:03PM
2.04
11:18AM
1.88
10:54PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18PM
0.93
4:07AM
-0.07
4:15PM
0.75
4:51AM
-0.05
5:02PM
0.57
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151921201716141415192121181615151617161514151515
Feels °C (?)131617161414121213151516141615141517161514151415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oregon South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rainbow Rocks (light winds from the SSW at Brookings Airport (OR) 3 km from Rainbow Rocks). 1.4m 5s windswell from the NW with a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
SSW
Clean
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