Secret spot?We can hide it! Drakes Estero Surf Forecast / CAL – SF Marin County / USA6 Day Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 19 May 2013 PDTDrakes Estero surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
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| Energy (?) | 683 | 903 | 710 | 680 | 884 | 728 | 854 | 164 | 171 | 169 | 97 | 207 | 209 | 216 | 250 | 246 | 599 | 504 | ||||||
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Note: the tide data above is for Point Reyes, California which is 9 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Drakes Estero. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Drakes Estero blow from the N
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Today's Drakes Estero sea temperature is 11.4 °C (Statistics for 19 May 1981-2005 - mean: 12.1 max: 15.1 min: 10.0 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Mon morning, near gales from the NW by Tue night). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | ||||||
| Low °C | 20 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 5:56 | - | - | 5:56 | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | 5:52 | ||||||
| Sunset | 20:19 | - | - | 20:19 | - | - | 20:20 | - | - | 20:21 | - | - | 20:22 | - | - | 20:22 | - | - | ||||||
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FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Drakes Estero surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for Drakes Estero at:
surf-forecast.com
Information about the Drakes Estero Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Drakes Estero provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 6 days. A general guide to surfing at Drakes Estero can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Drakes Estero surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Drakes Estero) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Drakes Estero may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Drakes Estero is 34 km (21 miles) from the city of Novato. If you plan a vacation in Marin County, look for hotels and other accommodation in Novato. Novato has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
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