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Rainbow Rocks surfForecast / Oregon South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 PDT
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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 4AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (19 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
3
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
WSW
1.3
W
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.1
W
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
Period(s) (?)111010101012121212121111121211111111111110778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4573743703062943193443893893763633504184494715535052912542498364227001272
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
5
W
10
NW
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
2.10
12:43PM
2.02
12:58AM
2.21
1:32PM
1.96
1:29AM
2.30
2:24PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16PM
0.06
6:41AM
0.16
6:49PM
0.18
7:24AM
-0.01
7:23PM
0.34
8:10AM
-0.13
Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----7:22-------7:20-------7:18---
Sunset-------7:28-------7:29-------7:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131515151619201917171716161717151212101010111313
Feels °C (?)1013121213171716151514131314141299675554
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