Weather Forecast
22.50°C
Current Temperature
24.00km/h
Wind speed
25.03°C
Water Temperature
1.39m
Swell
3.24m
Tide
12/11
UV
Rainbow Beach is a 23 km long, curving beach located in Wide Bay between sandy Inskip Point, opposite Fraser Island, and rocky Double Island Point. The open bay faces north-east and the beaches in the bay face variously north, east and north-east as they swing around between the two points. The growing town of Rainbow Beach is located in the centre of the beaches, with the northern end of the large Cooloola National Park extending south of the southern half of the bay. Rainbow Beach is named after the colourful sand dunes that dominate the southern half of the 24 km long beach. The road from Gympie arrives at the middle of the beach where the town of Rainbow Beach is located. The town offers accommodation, a small shopping area and the Rainbow Beach Surf Life Saving Club, which was founded in 1965. The club house is located on a wide, bluff-top foreshore reserve overlooking the beach. There is a ramp from the club to the beach, with additional vehicle access, parking and amenities below the bluffs immediately north of the surf club. Just south of the surf club are Eight Mile Rocks brown 'coffeerock' outcropping on the beach. The rocks are part of the Pleistocene sand dunes that provide the coloured sands. The main beach (1529) extends from Inskip Point in the north, running due south for 12 km to Eight Mile Rocks. Wave height, which averages nearly 1.5 m in the north, decreases to about 1 m by the town. As the waves decrease, the bars change from a rip-dominated double bar in the north, to a single, though still rip dominated, bar by the surf club.
Beach Length: 0.012km
General Hazard Rating: 5/10

Patrolled Beach Flag Patrols

Sun
27 Apr
Mon
21 Apr
Tue
22 Apr
Wed
23 Apr
Thu
24 Apr
Fri
25 Apr
Sat
26 Apr
Rainbow Beach SLSC
08:00 -17:00
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08:00 -17:00
08:00 -17:00
08:00 -17:00
Rainbow Beach (Lifeguards)
09:00 -17:00
09:00 -17:00
09:00 -17:00
09:00 -17:00
09:00 -17:00
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Information

Formal parking area
Shelters
Mobile Phone Coverage
Power supply
Natural shade
Lookout
Lookout
Cafe
Skate park
Boat ramp
Caravan park
Camping
Playground
Shade
Picnic
BBQ
Park
Public phone
Shops
Showers
Change Rooms
Toilets Block Disabled
Toilets Block M/F

Regulations

Camping Prohibited
Bicycles Allowed
Shared Footway
No Littering
Fires Prohibited
No Dogs Allowed
No Entry

Hazards

High surf
Heavy shorebreak
Gutters
Littoral currents
Fixed rips
Flash rips
Travelling rips
High Tide Range
Shallow Water
Shallow Sandbars
Submerged Objects
Winds
Beach erosion
Long beach
Structure
Rocks
Slippery rocks
Slippery surface

Weather

SLSA provides this information as a guide only. Surf conditions are variable and therefore this information should not be relied upon as a substitute for observation of local conditions and an understanding of your abilities in the surf. SLSA reminds you to always swim between the red and yellow flags and never swim at unpatrolled beaches. SLSA takes all care and responsibility for any translation but it cannot guarantee that all translations will be accurate.