Rainbow Rocks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.07° N 124.32° W

Issued: 9 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Rainbow Rocks sea temperature is

12.5°C

Rainbow Rocks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rainbow Rocks today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 21s period with WNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 20s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 5PM is: 0.9m 21s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	16s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	21s
Evening (01 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	20s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 1						Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wed 4
	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	WNW 21	WNW 20	WNW 20	WNW 19	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	425	742	742	656	1366	1748	2525	3158	3243	3249	3467	3388	3270	2968	2682	2648	2386	1950	1847	1647	1624	1601	1261	1077	1103
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NW	NW	NNE	E	ESE	SE	SE	SSW	SSW	SSE	ESE	SSE	ESE	E	SSE	ENE	E	NE	ENE	ESE	ENE	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	off	glassy	off	cross-off	off
High Tide	5:17AM1.70m			3:58PM1.94m					6:19AM1.77m				5:23PM1.80m					7:11AM1.88m			6:47PM1.72m
Low Tide			10:22AM1.08m				11:18PM-0.03m				11:52AM0.95m				00:21AM0.08m					1:11PM0.74m				1:17AM0.20m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—
	—	—	—	4:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	5:07
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	9	12	12	13	11	11	10	11	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	11	13	16	15	15	15	13	12	13
Feels °C	6	10	8	9	9	9	7	9	9	10	11	10	10	12	9	11	9	10	14	14	13	14	11	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	WNW 20	WNW 20	WNW 19	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13
kJ	425	742	742	499	1366	1748	2525	3158	3243	3249	3467	3388	3270	2968	2682	2648	2386	1950	1847	1647	1624	1601	1261	1077	1103
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 21	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 10	SW 11	WSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 9
kJ	167	129	125	656	493	397	612	653	530	619	530	537	537	551	574	515	700	815	813	510	602	626	557	424	241
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 18	NW 7	WNW 22	SSW 13	SSW 13	NW 11	NW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	—	—	W 11	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15
kJ	174	27	373	151	151	185	130	87	73	49	47	46	—	—	242	566	551	537	584	592	544	530	537	461	398
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 7	—	NW 6	NW 12	NW 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	35	—	24	259	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	20	20	467	39	20	20	20	20	20	32	32	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
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Rating (10 max)	3	3			4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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