Rainbow Beach Weather Forecast

Macquarie Coastal Waters

Wind

Northerly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.

1st Swell

Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

Weather

Sunny.

Weather Situation

Southerly winds along the coast are gradually easing, and forecast to turn north to northeasterly over the coming days as a high pressure ridge builds across coastal waters. Meanwhile, a trough brushing the far south will bring a brief incursion of southerly winds to the far south coast on Tuesday. Northerly winds will strengthen midweek as a high pressure system moves into the Tasman Sea, then a cold front and its associated trough look set to sweep across the coastal waters later in the week, bringing a fresh and gusty southerly wind change in its wake.