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BEACH WEATHER MONTHLY AVERAGES

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep Best	Oct Best	Nov Best	Dec Best
28° Tan	28° Tan	27° Tan	25° Tan	23° Tan	21°	20°	21° Tan	23° Tan	25° Tan	26° Tan	27° Tan
Sea 26° Swim	Sea 27° Swim	Sea 26° Swim	Sea 25° Swim	Sea 24° Swim	Sea 23° Swim	Sea 22° Swim	Sea 21° Swim	Sea 22° Swim	Sea 23° Swim	Sea 23° Swim	Sea 25° Swim

Beach Weather Today in Rainbow Bay Beach

Today the maximum temperature will be 22° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. Today the water temperature will be 24° which is warm and pleasant for relaxing and swimming for long periods.

Today will have 4.1mm of light rain. Expect only occasional sunny spells and lots of clouds with an average cloud cover of 78%.

The winds will be cross-off shore and strong at 36kmh from the South East. The strong winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler.

Rainbow Bay Beach faces North-Northwest and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 05:05 PM. Unfortunately very heavy cloud cover of 91% may make the sunset not viewable.

For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.

Beach Weather This Weekend in Rainbow Bay Beach

This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 22° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 24° which is warm and pleasant for relaxing and swimming for long periods.

There will be 2 days of moderate rain with an average of 6.7mm rain on those days. Saturday will have 5.0mm of rain and Sunday will have 8.4mm of rain. Expect only occasional sunny spells and lots of clouds with an average cloud cover of 73%.

RAINBOW BAY BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

06:19 AM 05:05 PM

03:07 AM

02:53 PM

Thu 14th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

19°	18°	18°	20°	20°	20°	19°	18°
52%	60%	97%	56%	90%	90%	91%	89%
0.5mm	0.8mm	1.0mm	0.1mm	1.0mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.5mm
24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°

06:20 AM 05:04 PM

04:12 AM

03:31 PM

Fri 15th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

18°	17°	17°	19°	22°	21°	18°	17°
12%	92%	79%	78%	75%	88%	59%	78%
0.0mm	0.6mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.9mm	0.1mm
24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°

06:20 AM 05:04 PM

05:22 AM

04:14 PM

Sat 16th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

17°	17°	16°	19°	21°	21°	19°	18°
68%	51%	55%	67%	72%	55%	56%	81%
0.2mm	0.4mm	0.2mm	0.3mm	0.6mm	0.7mm	1.4mm	1.2mm
24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°

06:21 AM 05:03 PM

06:34 AM

05:05 PM

Sun 17th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

18°	18°	18°	19°	21°	21°	19°	19°
66%	100%	100%	100%	65%	70%	90%	85%
1.0mm	0.9mm	0.4mm	0.5mm	2.2mm	2.2mm	0.8mm	0.4mm
24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°

06:22 AM 05:02 PM

07:48 AM

06:05 PM

Mon 18th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

18°	19°	19°	21°	22°	21°	20°	20°
65%	66%	60%	71%	70%	55%	64%	61%
0.6mm	1.2mm	1.3mm	1.0mm	1.0mm	0.6mm	0.1mm	0.7mm
22°	22°	22°	22°	22°	22°	22°	22°

06:22 AM 05:02 PM

08:58 AM

07:12 PM

Tue 19th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

21°	21°	21°	21°	21°	21°	20°	20°
79%	74%	68%	74%	80%	67%	81%	97%
0.8mm	0.3mm	0.8mm	1.1mm	1.7mm	1.8mm	2.6mm	3.8mm
24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°

06:23 AM 05:02 PM

10:00 AM

08:23 PM

Wed 20th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

20°	20°	20°	21°	22°	22°	20°	19°
100%	100%	100%	100%	87%	82%	72%	29%
5.7mm	10.6mm	13.1mm	6.8mm	2.0mm	1.2mm	0.7mm	0.1mm
24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°

06:19 AM 05:05 PM

03:07 AM

02:53 PM

Thu 14th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
36 kmh	34 kmh	30 kmh	29 kmh	33 kmh	31 kmh	35 kmh	30 kmh

1.1m	1.0m	0.9m	0.7m	0.9m	1.0m	1.1m	0.7m

11.0s	11.0s	10.5s	16.8s	16.4s	16.3s	16.3s	7.9s

06:20 AM 05:04 PM

04:12 AM

03:31 PM

Fri 15th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
26 kmh	23 kmh	20 kmh	22 kmh	30 kmh	30 kmh	31 kmh	27 kmh

0.6m	0.6m	0.5m	0.6m	0.8m	1.0m	1.0m	0.7m

8.0s	7.9s	7.9s	7.8s	7.5s	7.5s	7.4s	7.7s

06:20 AM 05:04 PM

05:22 AM

04:14 PM

Sat 16th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
28 kmh	27 kmh	27 kmh	23 kmh	22 kmh	20 kmh	14 kmh	14 kmh

0.7m	0.7m	0.7m	0.6m	0.6m	0.5m	0.3m	0.4m

7.7s	7.8s	7.8s	7.9s	8.2s	8.0s	9.2s	9.4s

06:21 AM 05:03 PM

06:34 AM

05:05 PM

Sun 17th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
14 kmh	18 kmh	17 kmh	18 kmh	19 kmh	22 kmh	22 kmh	24 kmh

0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.5m	0.5m	0.5m

9.3s	9.2s	9.2s	9.1s	9.1s	9.1s	9.1s	9.2s

06:22 AM 05:02 PM

07:48 AM

06:05 PM

Mon 18th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
24 kmh	27 kmh	30 kmh	32 kmh	33 kmh	35 kmh	35 kmh	37 kmh

0.5m	0.6m	0.9m	1.0m	0.8m	0.8m	0.7m	0.8m

9.2s	9.2s	8.9s	8.8s	8.9s	8.9s	8.9s	8.9s

06:22 AM 05:02 PM

08:58 AM

07:12 PM

Tue 19th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
30 kmh	30 kmh	31 kmh	31 kmh	27 kmh	22 kmh	21 kmh	20 kmh

0.9m	0.9m	0.9m	0.9m	0.9m	0.8m	0.8m	0.8m

9.0s	9.1s	9.2s	9.4s	9.5s	9.5s	9.6s	9.6s

06:23 AM 05:02 PM

10:00 AM

08:23 PM

Wed 20th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
22 kmh	28 kmh	30 kmh	34 kmh	35 kmh	40 kmh	39 kmh	36 kmh

0.9m	0.9m	1.0m	1.3m	1.4m	1.1m	1.1m	1.1m

9.6s	9.6s	9.3s	8.9s	8.1s	8.1s	8.8s	8.8s

06:19 AM 05:05 PM

03:07 AM

02:53 PM

Thu 14th May

11:46 AM	6:10 PM

0.28	1.93

06:20 AM 05:04 PM

04:12 AM

03:31 PM

Fri 15th May

12:27 AM	6:22 AM	12:30 PM	7:00 PM

0.45	1.72	0.25	2.06

06:20 AM 05:04 PM

05:22 AM

04:14 PM

Sat 16th May

1:23 AM	7:15 AM	1:15 PM	7:49 PM

0.41	1.67	0.27	2.16

06:21 AM 05:03 PM

06:34 AM

05:05 PM

Sun 17th May

2:20 AM	8:08 AM	2:02 PM	8:41 PM

0.41	1.61	0.33	2.20

06:22 AM 05:02 PM

07:48 AM

06:05 PM

Mon 18th May

3:19 AM	9:04 AM	2:50 PM	9:35 PM

0.45	1.54	0.43	2.20

06:22 AM 05:02 PM

08:58 AM

07:12 PM

Tue 19th May

4:21 AM	10:03 AM	3:42 PM	10:31 PM

0.50	1.47	0.54	2.16

06:23 AM 05:02 PM

10:00 AM

08:23 PM

Wed 20th May

5:27 AM	11:08 AM	4:38 PM	11:31 PM

0.55	1.41	0.64	2.10

Thu 14th May

20°
4.1mm
19kmh SE
78%

Fri 15th May

22°
1.8mm
18kmh SSE
70%

Sat 16th May

21°
5.0mm
15kmh SE
63%

Sun 17th May

21°
8.4mm
10kmh ESE
84%

Mon 18th May

22°
6.5mm
20kmh ENE
64%

Tue 19th May

21°
12.9mm
25kmh NE
77%

Wed 20th May

22°
40.2mm
18kmh WSW
83%

Thu 21st May

22°
0.0mm
4kmh WNW
6%

Fri 22nd May

21°
0.1mm
19kmh S
61%

Sat 23rd May

19°
0.0mm
19kmh S
39%

Sun 24th May

21°
0.3mm
21kmh S
79%

Mon 25th May

18°
0.6mm
22kmh S
76%

Tue 26th May

20°
0.6mm
19kmh ESE
74%

Wed 27th May

20°
1.1mm
12kmh SE
87%

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Next 14 day Beach Weather in Rainbow Bay Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 21° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 24° which is warm and pleasant for relaxing and swimming for long periods. There will be 12 days of moderate rain with an average of 6.8mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 67%.

If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in Rainbow Bay Beach don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions

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Taking a Holiday at Rainbow Bay Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Rainbow Bay Beach is a beautiful coastal destination located on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is an idyllic spot for beach goers and adventure enthusiasts alike. With its picturesque views and vibrant atmosphere, it's no wonder that visitors from all around the world flock to this stunning location.

Beach Type

Rainbow Bay Beach boasts powdery white sand that feels soft underfoot, making it perfect for long walks or just lounging in the sun. The crystal-clear water is ideal for swimming, as well as snorkeling and diving due to its rocky areas and nearby reef. These underwater attractions provide an excellent habitat for a variety of marine life, making it a popular spot for those who enjoy exploring beneath the waves.

Beach Activities

Rainbow Bay Beach offers numerous activities that cater to different interests and preferences. Some popular activities include:

Surfing: Rainbow Bay is renowned for its consistent waves, making it a popular destination for surfers of all skill levels.
Snorkeling and diving: With its rocky terrain and nearby reef, Rainbow Bay provides excellent opportunities to observe marine life up close.
Stand-up paddleboarding (SUP): If you're looking for a more relaxed way to explore the waters, SUP can be an enjoyable activity at Rainbow Bay.
Beach volleyball: Rainbow Bay's wide stretch of sand provides ample space to set up a game of beach volleyball with friends or fellow travelers.
Sunbathing: Of course, one of the main appeals of any beach holiday is the chance to soak up some sun on the pristine sands.

Accommodations

There are several accommodations options available near Rainbow Bay Beach. Some popular beachfront hotels include:

Greenmount Hotel: This 3-star hotel offers comfortable rooms with ocean views and a range of amenities such as an outdoor swimming pool, spa facilities, and an on-site restaurant.
Rainbow Bay Backpackers: A budget-friendly option, Rainbow Bay Backpackers provides dormitory-style accommodations and a communal kitchen for guests to use.

Areas to Stay In

When choosing an area to stay in near Rainbow Bay Beach, consider the following options:

Coolangatta: Located just a short walk from Rainbow Bay Beach, Coolangatta offers a variety of accommodations, restaurants, and shops. It's an excellent choice for those who want easy access to Rainbow Bay while also enjoying the conveniences of a bustling town.
Tweed Heads: Just across the border in New South Wales, Tweed Heads is another great option for those looking to stay close to Rainbow Bay Beach. It offers a range of accommodations and amenities while maintaining a peaceful atmosphere.