Drakes Estero Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Marin County (14 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (38.03° N 122.94° W)

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Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 PDT

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Drakes Estero surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Drakes Estero sea temperature is 14.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Drakes Estero today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Estero at 12PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Evening (17 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

Table - waves today at Drakes Estero. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly 12 Days

Marin County Surf

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	Sunday 17						Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed 20
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	10	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	471	535	558	443	401	368	359	425	382	390	377	435	467	502	276	352	313	270	365	191	216	211	213	285
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:03AM 1.18			7:17PM 1.83					10:15AM 1.28				8:23PM 1.85					11:07AM 1.36			9:27PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			1:29PM 0.92					3:25AM -0.02				2:52PM 0.95				4:25AM -0.11				4:02PM 0.90

	Sunday 17						Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed 20
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	14	15	15	14	13	12	12
Feels °C (?)	10	12	13	13	11	11	10	11	12	12	13	12	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	8	7	8	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Marin County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Drakes Estero (light winds from the WNW at Point Reyes Station wx 13 km from Drakes Estero). 1.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.2m 11s groundswell from the WNW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 20 min ago

6 km/h

WNW

Clean

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