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Rainbow Bay surf Forecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 28 Apr 2024 AEST
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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 28 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 24.2 °C max: 26.0 °C min: 23.4 °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 28 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 24.2 °C max: 26.0 °C min: 23.4 °C)


How big are the waves at Rainbow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rainbow Bay at 5AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (28 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (28 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.3
S
1.7
S
2.2
S
2.5
SSE
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109999778888888888888876899998888898888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2531571541239696918883929219913415016421217718718719119115715615212410810910714923954910811010860560380318322270113615561197976857604587559465381344360321299244221190212217213177
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
5
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22PM
1.81
10:33AM
1.24
11:08PM
1.78
11:29AM
1.18
12:05AM
1.74
12:41PM
1.15
1:12AM
1.71
2:06PM
1.18
2:26AM
1.71
3:25PM
1.29
3:36AM
1.72
4:29PM
1.44
4:39AM
1.74
5:23PM
1.60
5:35AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
0.61
4:14PM
0.55
5:59AM
0.63
5:03PM
0.60
7:08AM
0.63
6:10PM
0.66
8:21AM
0.59
7:36PM
0.68
9:26AM
0.52
9:05PM
0.64
10:22AM
0.44
10:20PM
0.55
11:10AM
0.36
11:24PM
0.45
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--6:09-------6:11-------6:11-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------6:13-------6:13-
Sunset-----5:15-------5:14-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12-------5:10-------5:09------
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Rain (mm)
1---11----------11111---11---1411111244557542416611146---------
Temp. °C191919212221212020191921222121201919192020212120181717181919191919191720192019191919192121201819181818192121191816161619
Feels °C (?)181717192019201919181820212122212020202120212120171515151615141514141317161716171717171818181718161915171921191815161720

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