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Rainbow Bay surf Forecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 04 May 2024 AEST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s Update imminent 
Rainbow Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is 25.2°C (Statistics for 04 May 1981-2005 - mean: 23.9 °C max: 25.8 °C min: 23.1 °C)
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Rainbow Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rainbow Bay sea temperature is 25.2°C (Statistics for 04 May 1981-2005 - mean: 23.9 °C max: 25.8 °C min: 23.1 °C)

How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 1PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am May 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 May)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (04 May)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (04 May)2ft (0.6m)17s

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

Hourly12 Days
Gold Coast Surf
Print Surf Table
Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent 
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 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)
2
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
4
4
2
4
1
2
4
3
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.3
E
0.7
ESE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
ESE
1.6
S
1.9
S
2.4
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
ESE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
2
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)7111187179161010101099912107778998888998888888888888888811111010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)142389121758219584999696969492889010933229397636113414991408113210109941180122710999991028878724634634638654650572557557589547527456418990799678681673614515497621612580549300294
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
S
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoffoffglassglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
1.74
5:23PM
1.60
5:35AM
1.74
6:12PM
1.74
6:26AM
1.72
6:58PM
1.86
7:14AM
1.66
7:42PM
1.94
7:59AM
1.57
8:26PM
1.98
8:42AM
1.46
9:08PM
1.97
9:25AM
1.35
9:51PM
1.93
10:08AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
0.36
11:24PM
0.45
11:55AM
0.29
12:20AM
0.36
12:37PM
0.26
1:13AM
0.31
1:16PM
0.25
2:04AM
0.31
1:54PM
0.28
2:54AM
0.34
2:31PM
0.33
3:43AM
0.41
3:07PM
0.41
4:34AM
0.50
3:42PM
0.51
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise6:13-------6:13-------6:15-------6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------6:16-------6:16---
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Rain (mm)
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