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

12:32 pm 12 Apr 2011


Drakes Estero ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 2.5
Wind and kite surfing: 1.0
Crowds: 2.5

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Drakes Estero Surf Forecast / California – Marin County / USA

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 04 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

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

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Energy
Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.3
W
2.0
W
2.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.1
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1.9
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2.5
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
WNW
Period (s) (?) 10 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 9 11 10 7 8 10 10 10
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 353 589 863 371 574 560 441 480 362 237 297 499 810 598 1163 1478 1514 1478
Wind
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25
W 45
WNW 25
WNW 25
NW 50
WNW 45
NNW 30
NW 45
NW 35
NW 30
NW 35
WNW 20
NW 40
NW 55
NW 50
NW 25
NW 40
NW 30
NNW
Wind State (?) cross cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Drakes Estero blow from the N
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
1.37

11:07PM
2.12
1:13PM
1.41

11:57PM
2.05

2:04PM
1.44
12:48AM
1.93

2:56PM
1.47
1:42AM
1.76

3:47PM
1.50
2:41AM
1.56

4:38PM
1.53
3:46AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)

5:03PM
0.69

6:26AM
-0.62
5:58PM
0.71

7:14AM
-0.57
6:56PM
0.73

8:03AM
-0.46
7:59PM
0.74

8:51AM
-0.31

9:08PM
0.73
9:39AM
-0.13

10:23PM
0.68
 

Note: the tide data above is for Drakes Bay, Point Reyes, California which is 5 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.

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Today's Drakes Estero sea temperature is 10.6 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 12.4 max: 14.6 min: 10.6 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Mon morning, strong winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sun morning).
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  light rain part cloud clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear part cloud clear clear clear clear clear
Summary light rain some clouds clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear some clouds clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
High °C 13 13 12 13 14 12 14 16 13 15 16 14 13 14 11 16 18 16
Low °C 13 12 11 11 13 10 11 15 11 12 15 11 11 13 10 11 18 14
Chill °C (?) 11 10 9 11 11 8 12 14 10 13 14 12 10 11 7 15 17 14
Sunrise 5:48 - - 5:48 - - 5:48 - - 5:48 - - 5:48 - - 5:48 - -
Sunset - 20:30 - - 20:30 - - 20:31 - - 20:31 - - 20:32 - - 20:32 -
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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).

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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.