Rainbow Beach Weather Forecast

Macquarie Coastal Waters

Wind

Southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore south of Port Macquarie early in the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the morning then becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the evening. Squalls possible with the wind change.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.

1st Swell

North to northeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.

Weather

Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, with possible squalls during this afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A cold front will bring a fresh to strong, gusty southerly change to the northeast half of the coast later today before continuing across the Queensland border early Wednesday. Southerly winds will then gradually turn easterly mid to late this week as a strong high pressure system passes to the south of the state. The high will then enter the Tasman Sea and become slow-moving, maintaining east to northeasterly winds through the weekend.