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Rainbow Rocks surfForecast / Oregon South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 PST
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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
11.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 4PM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)20s
Evening (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)131313131313181818161616151514141313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4613784144082382733445226259521210116510351007980799915782771749692563472396
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
E
5
ESE
5
E
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
1.80
11:18AM
2.28
1:06AM
1.86
11:57AM
2.23
1:35AM
1.93
12:38PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
1.05
6:26PM
-0.20
6:15AM
0.97
6:58PM
-0.16
6:59AM
0.89
7:29PM
-0.07
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise---7:41-------7:39-------7:39----
Sunset-----5:15-------5:15-------5:16--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101010121312111110101011131111111112121213121111
Feels °C (?)77710111098777811999910101011988
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