Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.07° N 124.32° W

Rainbow Rocks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rainbow Rocks sea temperature is
12.4°C
0.9° 

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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 6s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Rocks at 7AM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (02 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (02 Oct)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
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)
3
3
2
2
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
7
1.7
NW
10
1.1
NW
10
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
17
1.8
NW
6
2.2
NW
6
2.1
NW
6
0.6
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
1.4
NW
9
0.7
SW
16
1.4
NW
8
1.4
NW
8
1.6
NW
8
1.6
NW
6
1.5
NW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
215
553
220
188
183
173
208
351
330
208
254
330
254
295
281
314
213
206
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
N
10
N
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
Wind State
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:13AM1.55m
3:55PM2.14m
6:36AM1.53m
5:07PM2.02m
Low Tide
10:23PM-0.11m
9:52AM1.07m
11:33PM-0.05m
11:09AM1.13m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
15
15
16
18
20
19
17
16
15
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16
19
19
19
17
17
Feels °C
14
15
14
14
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16
16
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15
17
17
17
16
16
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