Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.07° N 124.32° W

Rainbow Rocks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rainbow Rocks sea temperature is
12.5°C
0.1° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 11AM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)7ft (2.2m)15s
Afternoon (03 Nov)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (03 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
5
3
4
5
8
8
7
6
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
WNW
16
2.3
WNW
16
2.2
WNW
16
2.2
WNW
15
2.1
WNW
15
2
WNW
14
2
WNW
14
2
WNW
14
1.9
WNW
14
1.9
WNW
13
1.7
WNW
13
1.7
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
12
1.4
WNW
12
1.2
WNW
11
1.1
WNW
11
0.9
WNW
15
1.6
WNW
12
2.4
WNW
14
2.5
WNW
13
3
WNW
13
3
WNW
13
3
WNW
14
3.5
WNW
18
3.5
WNW
17
3.5
WNW
16
3.5
WNW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2682
2648
2386
2122
1847
1647
1624
1579
1261
1188
995
813
655
503
346
285
339
768
2158
2567
2767
2809
3141
7728
7686
6715
5616
Wind (km/h)
0
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
S
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NW
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
10
N
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
off
off
High Tide
7:11AM1.88m
6:47PM1.72m
7:55AM2.01m
8:02PM1.70m
8:33AM2.12m
9:07PM1.71m
Low Tide
00:21AM0.08m
1:11PM0.74m
1:17AM0.20m
2:15PM0.49m
2:07AM0.32m
3:07PM0.25m
2:52AM0.47m
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Temp °C
13
12
13
16
14
14
13
12
12
11
11
13
13
13
14
13
13
12
11
14
16
16
13
12
11
11
11
Feels °C
12
9
10
14
11
11
11
10
10
8
8
11
11
12
13
10
11
10
8
12
11
12
9
10
9
9
8
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