Rainbow Rocks Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.07° N 124.32° W

Rainbow Rocks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rainbow Rocks sea temperature is
14.9° C
1.3° 

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 (31 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 9AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (31 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (31 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the NNW by Sun afternoon).

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.8
SSW
15
0.7
SW
14
1.1
NW
9
1.3
NW
9
1.4
NW
9
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
1.7
WNW
5
2.1
NW
6
2.4
NW
6
2.3
NW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
362
294
217
217
272
214
214
249
275
214
162
138
180
136
133
259
450
452
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
0
NE
0
NNE
5
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
20
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:46AM2.08m
2:15PM1.81m
1:25AM2.01m
2:42PM1.88m
Low Tide
7:02PM0.82m
7:42AM-0.17m
7:43PM0.74m
8:11AM-0.08m
8:27PM0.65m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:37
8:37
8:36
 mm
Temp °C
16
14
13
13
14
15
16
17
16
15
14
14
15
19
20
19
17
16
Feels °C
13
13
12
13
14
14
14
15
15
15
14
14
14
16
16
14
12
13
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