Dillon Beach surf break

Dillon Beach surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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Dillon Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dillon Beach sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dillon Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dillon Beach at 1PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

Table - waves today at Dillon Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)101010101010101099151515151414141414141414138
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)725569432356286250220275367328193142142142140183180173166123123161158201
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
10
NNW
5
E
5
SSE
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
0
SW
0
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
offglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offglassonononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
1.60
12:33PM
1.30
11:55PM
1.67
1:31PM
1.27
12:32AM
1.71
2:32PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
-0.18
6:07PM
0.45
7:01AM
-0.30
6:48PM
0.58
7:50AM
-0.36
7:33PM
0.69
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:49-------7:50-------7:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161211151312111099915141312121110111414141211
Feels °C (?)9871210888777131110101110910111111109
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