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Current conditions

Tue Nov 10, 1pm AEST · Updated

Surf rating: Poor · 1.7/5

Surf

3.5ft

Waist to belly · 12s period

From SE 140°

Wind

15mph

Onshore

From NE 42°

Swells

  • 3ft 11s Primary · SSE
  • 1.3ft 8s Secondary · E
  • 2.3ft 4s Wind waves · ENE

Tide

-0.9ft

Falling · low 3:00pm, -1.7ft

Water

74°F

1-2mm wetsuit

Shorty Wetsuit

Weather

76°F

Chance of Drizzle

315 225 135 45 W S E N
SurfWind
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Next 7 days

  1. Today 11/10 3–4ft
  2. Wed 11/11 2–3ft
  3. Thu 11/12 2–3ft
  4. Fri 11/13 3–4ft
  5. Sat 11/14 3–4ft
  6. Sun 11/15 4–5ft
  7. Mon 11/16 4–5ft

Surf, wind & weather Full surf forecast

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Today 11/10 Wed 11/11 Thu 11/12 Fri 11/13 Sat 11/14 Sun 11/15 Mon 11/16
1am 4am 7am 10am 1pm 4pm 7pm 10pm 1am 4am 7am 10am 1pm 4pm 7pm 10pm 1am 4am 7am 10am 1pm 4pm 7pm 10pm 1am 4am 7am 10am 1pm 4pm 7pm 10pm 1am 4am 7am 10am 1pm 4pm 7pm 10pm 1am 4am 7am 10am 1pm 4pm 7pm 10pm 1am 4am 7am 10am 1pm 4pm 7pm 10pm

Surf ft

3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3 2.4 3.2 3 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.2 3 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.3 3 3 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.8 4 4.4 4.8 4.8 4.2 4.6 4 4 4.1 4.5 4 4
11s 11s 11s 12s 12s 12s 12s 11s 11s 11s 11s 11s 11s 11s 11s 10s 10s 10s 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 5s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 11s 10s 10s 10s 10s 10s 10s 10s 9s 9s 10s 10s 10s 10s 10s

Wind mph

12 10 13 11 15 16 19+0 15 13 13+2 11+2 13 15 15+1 18+7 8 19 14+1 14+8 17 15 17 20+6 16+3 12+3 14+1 11 10 10 9 10 12+4 10+6 8+0 8+2 8 14 20 16+1 8+2 8 9 7+3 12 14 15 13 8 8 6 4 7 11 9+0 10 5

Tide ft

2:00am -2.4ft 8:00am 2.9ft 3:00pm -1.7ft 8:00pm 1.1ft 2:00am -2.3ft 9:00am 2.8ft 3:00pm -1.5ft 9:00pm 0.9ft 3:00am -2.1ft 10:00am 2.6ft 4:00pm -1.4ft 9:00pm 0.6ft 3:00am -2ft 10:00am 2.5ft 5:00pm -1.2ft 10:00pm 0.5ft 4:00am -1.7ft 11:00am 2.3ft 6:00pm -1.1ft 11:00pm 0.3ft 4:00am -1.4ft 12:00pm 2ft 7:00pm -1.1ft 12:00am 0.2ft 5:00am -1.2ft 1:00pm 1.8ft 8:00pm -1.1ft

Weather °F

66° 66° 68° 74° 76° 76° 70° 67° 66° 66° 75° 86° 89° 82° 70° 70° 69° 67° 74° 86° 93° 90° 73° 73° 71° 71° 78° 91° 86° 74° 71° 71° 70° 68° 73° 87° 83° 80° 71° 68° 66° 65° 75° 81° 72° 70° 69° 67° 66° 66° 72° 84° 78° 73° 69° 68°
Time Surf Swells Wind Weather
Today 11/10
1am 3.8ft 3.9ft11s 1.3ft9s 12mph Onshore 66°FCloudy
4am 3.3ft 3.3ft11s 1.3ft9s 2ft4s 10mph Onshore 66°FCloudy
7am 3.3ft 3.3ft11s 1.3ft9s 2ft4s 13mph Onshore 68°FChance of Drizzle
10am 3.3ft 3.3ft11s 1.3ft8s 2ft4s 11mph Onshore 74°FChance of Drizzle
Now 3.5ft 3ft11s 1.3ft8s 2.3ft4s 15mph Onshore 76°FChance of Drizzle
4pm 3.5ft 3ft11s 1.3ft8s 2.3ft4s 16mph Onshore 76°FChance of Drizzle
7pm 3.8ft 3ft11s 1.3ft8s 3ft4s 19mph +0 Onshore 70°FClear
10pm 3.6ft 2.6ft11s 1.3ft8s 2.6ft4s 15mph Cross-shore 67°FMostly Clear
Wed 11/11
1am 3.4ft 2.6ft11s 1.3ft8s 2.3ft4s 13mph Cross-shore 66°FMostly Clear
4am 3.4ft 2.3ft11s 1.3ft8s 2.3ft4s 13mph +2 Cross-shore 66°FPartly Cloudy
7am 2.9ft 2.3ft11s 1ft8s 2ft4s 11mph +2 Cross-shore 75°FPartly Cloudy
10am 2.9ft 2.3ft11s 1ft8s 2ft4s 13mph Cross-shore 86°FMostly Cloudy
1pm 2.9ft 2ft11s 1ft8s 2ft4s 15mph Cross-shore 89°FPartly Cloudy
4pm 2.9ft 2ft10s 1ft8s 2.3ft4s 15mph +1 Cross-shore 82°FMostly Cloudy
7pm 3ft 1.6ft10s 1ft8s 2.6ft4s 18mph +7 Cross-shore 70°FChance of Drizzle
10pm 2.4ft 2.3ft4s 1.6ft10s 8mph Cross-shore 70°FChance of Drizzle
Thu 11/12
1am 3.2ft 1.3ft10s 1ft8s 2.6ft4s 19mph Cross-shore 69°FChance of Rain
4am 3ft 1.3ft9s 1ft8s 2.3ft4s 14mph +1 Cross-shore 67°FChance of Drizzle
7am 2.4ft 2ft4s 1.3ft9s 1ft2s 14mph +8 Cross-shore 74°FModerate Storm Risk
10am 2.2ft 1.6ft4s 1ft9s 1.3ft2s 17mph Cross-shore 86°FModerate Storm Risk
1pm 2.2ft 1.6ft4s 1ft9s 1.6ft3s 15mph Cross-shore 93°FModerate Storm Risk
4pm 2.5ft 1ft8s 1ft9s 2.3ft3s 17mph Cross-shore 90°FModerate Storm Risk
7pm 2.7ft 1ft8s 1ft9s 2.6ft3s 20mph +6 Cross-shore 73°FModerate Storm Risk
10pm 3.1ft 1ft8s 0.7ft9s 2.6ft4s 16mph +3 Cross-shore 73°FModerate Storm Risk
Fri 11/13
1am 3.4ft 2.6ft4s 1ft8s 12mph +3 Cross-shore 71°FCloudy
4am 3.1ft 1ft8s 0.7ft8s 2.3ft5s 14mph +1 Cross-shore 71°FChance of Drizzle
7am 3.3ft 2.3ft5s 1ft7s 11mph Cross-shore 78°FModerate Storm Risk
10am 3.2ft 2ft5s 1ft7s 10mph Cross-shore 91°FModerate Storm Risk
1pm 3ft 1ft7s 0.7ft8s 2ft5s 10mph Cross-shore 86°FModerate Storm Risk
4pm 3.2ft 2ft6s 1ft8s 9mph Cross-shore 74°FModerate Storm Risk
7pm 3.6ft 2ft6s 1ft8s 10mph Cross-shore 71°FCloudy
10pm 3.2ft 2ft6s 1ft8s 12mph +4 Cross-shore 71°FCloudy
Sat 11/14
1am 3.3ft 1.6ft6s 1.3ft8s 10mph +6 Cross-shore 70°FCloudy
4am 3.3ft 1.6ft6s 1.3ft8s 8mph +0 Cross-shore 68°FCloudy
7am 3ft 1.6ft6s 1.3ft8s 8mph +2 Cross-shore 73°FCloudy
10am 3ft 1.3ft6s 1.3ft8s 8mph Cross-shore 87°FCloudy
1pm 3.3ft 1.3ft8s 0.7ft7s 1.6ft6s 14mph Onshore 83°FModerate Storm Risk
4pm 3.1ft 1.3ft8s 0.3ft7s 2.3ft3s 20mph Onshore 80°FModerate Storm Risk
7pm 3.7ft 1.3ft8s 0.7ft6s 2.3ft3s 16mph +1 Cross-shore 71°FMostly Clear
10pm 3.6ft 1.6ft4s 1.3ft8s 8mph +2 Cross-shore 68°FPartly Cloudy
Sun 11/15
1am 3.3ft 1.3ft4s 1.3ft8s 8mph Cross-shore 66°FMostly Cloudy
4am 3.7ft 1.6ft10s 1.3ft5s 9mph Cross-shore 65°FMostly Cloudy
7am 3.8ft 2.3ft10s 0.3ft12s 7mph +3 Cross-shore 75°FMostly Cloudy
10am 3.8ft 2ft10s 0.3ft6s 1.6ft5s 12mph Onshore 81°FMostly Cloudy
1pm 4ft 2ft10s 0.7ft12s 1.6ft5s 14mph Onshore 72°FChance of Rain
4pm 4.4ft 2ft9s 0.7ft12s 2ft5s 15mph Onshore 70°FChance of Rain
7pm 4.8ft 2.6ft9s 0.7ft11s 13mph Cross-shore 69°FCloudy
10pm 4.8ft 2.6ft9s 1ft11s 8mph Cross-shore 67°FCloudy
Mon 11/16
1am 4.2ft 2.6ft9s 0.7ft11s 8mph Cross-shore 66°FMostly Cloudy
4am 4.6ft 2.6ft9s 1.3ft11s 6mph Cross-shore 66°FMostly Cloudy
7am 4ft 2.6ft9s 0.3ft10s 4mph Cross-shore 72°FChance of Rain
10am 4ft 2.6ft10s 7mph Cross-shore 84°FChance of Rain
1pm 4.1ft 2.6ft10s 11mph Onshore 78°FModerate Storm Risk
4pm 4.5ft 3ft10s 9mph +0 Onshore 73°FModerate Storm Risk
7pm 4ft 2.6ft10s 10mph Onshore 69°FMostly Cloudy
10pm 4ft 2.6ft10s 5mph Onshore 68°FChance of Drizzle

Tide & sun Full tide forecast

  1. Today 11/10

    • Low -2.4ft
    • High 2.9ft
    • Low -1.7ft
    • High 1.1ft

    Sunrise Sunset 13h 16m of daylight New moon

  2. Wed 11/11

    • Low -2.3ft
    • High 2.8ft
    • Low -1.5ft
    • High 0.9ft

    Sunrise Sunset 13h 18m of daylight Waxing crescent

  3. Thu 11/12

    • Low -2.1ft
    • High 2.6ft
    • Low -1.4ft
    • High 0.6ft

    Sunrise Sunset 13h 19m of daylight Waxing crescent

  4. Fri 11/13

    • Low -2ft
    • High 2.5ft
    • Low -1.2ft
    • High 0.5ft

    Sunrise Sunset 13h 19m of daylight Waxing crescent

  5. Sat 11/14

    • Low -1.7ft
    • High 2.3ft
    • Low -1.1ft
    • High 0.3ft

    Sunrise Sunset 13h 21m of daylight Waxing crescent

  6. Sun 11/15

    • Low -1.4ft
    • High 2ft
    • Low -1.1ft

    Sunrise Sunset 13h 22m of daylight Waxing crescent

  7. Mon 11/16

    • High 0.2ft
    • Low -1.2ft
    • High 1.8ft
    • Low -1.1ft

    Sunrise Sunset 13h 24m of daylight Waxing crescent

  8. Tue 11/17

    • High 0.3ft
    • Low -1ft
    • High 1.7ft
    • Low -1.3ft

    Sunrise Sunset 13h 24m of daylight First quarter

Spot guide See surf map

Rainbow Beach is a beach break facing east-northeast. It works best with swell from the NNE–ESE and wind from the SSW–WNW, which blows offshore.

Faces
ENE70°
Best swell
NNE–ESEStraight at the beach
Best wind
SSW–WNWOffshore
Tide range
3–6.8 ftNeap to spring
Break
Beach break

-25.9034°, 153.0958°

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