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Rainbow Rocks surfForecast / Oregon South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 PST
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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
11.4° 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: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.2
WNW
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)141413131313131212121216161615141414131716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9807998067826737376134884723963333464274064566315295074443774485227211019
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
15
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
1.93
12:38PM
2.14
2:05AM
2.00
1:23PM
2.00
2:36AM
2.08
2:15PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
-0.16
6:59AM
0.89
7:29PM
-0.07
7:46AM
0.79
8:01PM
0.08
8:38AM
0.69
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----7:39-------7:39-------7:37--
Sunset-------5:16-------5:17-------5:20
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111111112131212111110991012131110998101515
Feels °C (?)988810119989866888654435910
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