Rainbow Rocks Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.07° N 124.32° W

Rainbow Rocks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 01 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rainbow Rocks sea temperature is
13.0° C
0.7° 

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 (02 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 3AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (02 Aug)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (02 Aug)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the N by Tue morning).

Sat
1
Sunday
2
Monday
3
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)
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
NW
7
2.2
NW
7
2
NW
7
1.8
NW
7
1.9
NW
7
2.2
NW
7
3
NW
8
3.5
NW
8
3.5
NW
8
3
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.4
NW
8
2.3
NW
8
2.2
NNW
8
3
NW
8
3.5
NNW
8
3.5
NNW
8
2.5
NNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
603
427
357
317
351
462
1070
1342
1304
1019
900
771
716
666
1097
1703
1415
897
Wind (km/h)
30
NNW
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
30
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
30
N
25
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:08AM1.89m
3:11PM1.95m
2:56AM1.75m
3:42PM2.02m
Low Tide
8:27PM0.65m
8:41AM0.06m
9:14PM0.56m
9:12AM0.24m
10:07PM0.46m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
18
16
14
13
14
20
22
22
20
16
15
14
16
23
25
26
22
19
Feels °C
13
12
10
9
10
14
13
13
13
11
11
10
12
18
18
19
17
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