Drakes Estero Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Marin County, USA)

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Tip of Limatour Spit, Mouth of Drake's Estero, Drakes Estero photo

Photo credit: Christopher Grant Ward
Surf Break: Drakes Estero

Drakes Estero Spot ID:

Type: beach/Deltamouth

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SW | Wind N

Sea Temperature Today is: 10.3 °C

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Thursday, 23 May 2013, 14:05 Local time

m, °C	Thursday 23
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

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Drakes Estero in SF Marin is an exposed beach/Deltamouth break that has pretty consitent surf. Spring and Summer provide the favoured conditions. Offshore winds blow from the north with some shelter here from north winds. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the southwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Good surf at all stages of the tide. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Take care of sharks, rips and rocks.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Point Reyes, California, 9 miles from Drakes Estero.

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Drakes Estero Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-PRYC1, 5 km from Drakes Estero.

fresh winds from the NW

km/h

Air temperature
10.5 °C

Current weather near Drakes Estero

Buoy Data:

At San Francisco Buoy, 20 miles from Drakes Estero.

	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	8	11	7	8

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Overall Drakes Estero Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Visitor Reviews of Drakes Estero

Jane from UNITED STATES writes:

This is a Great White Shark breeding area -- no joke. Surfers should be extremely attentive to the possibility of sharks in the area.

2010-03-28

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Drakes Estero: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Drakes Bay	1 mi
Second closest break	Point Reyes Beach	3 mi
Third closest break	Double Point	11 mi
Fourth closest break	Shark Pit_1	14 mi
Fifth closest break	Dillon Beach	15 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Drakes Estero:
Closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	20 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	24 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	47 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	91 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	PT Arena Buoy	98 mi
Tide stations nearest to Drakes Estero:
Closest tide station	Point Reyes	6 mi
Second closest tide station	Inverness, Tomales Bay	7 mi
Third closest tide station	Reynolds, Tomales Bay	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Marshall, Tomales Bay	10 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Blakes Landing, Tomales Bay	11 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Drakes Estero:
Closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	160 mi
Second closest ski area	Sierra at Tahoe (United States)	162 mi
Third closest ski area	Royal Gorge (United States)	163 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	163 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	163 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Drakes Estero:
Closest city location	Novato (United States)	21 mi
Second closest city location	Petaluma (United States)	22 mi
Third closest city location	San Rafael (United States)	23 mi
Fourth closest city location	Rohnert Park (United States)	25 mi
Fifth closest city location	Santa Rosa (United States)	30 mi

The closest passenger airport to Drakes Estero is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 68 km (42 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Drakes Estero is Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), also in USA, 72 km (45 miles) away.
Third is Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU) in USA, 92 km (57 miles) away.
Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ) in USA is 104 km (65 miles) away.
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Drakes Estero and is 116 km (72 miles) away.

Drakes Estero break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Drakes Estero, CAL - SF Marin County. Use the tab navigation above to view Drakes Estero sea temperature, Drakes Estero photographs, Drakes Estero detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Drakes Estero webcams, current wind from CAL - SF Marin County live weather stations and Drakes Estero tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Drakes Estero.

Drakes Estero Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Marin County, USA)

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Overall Drakes Estero Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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