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Drakes Bay surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 PST
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Drakes Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Drakes Bay sea temperature is
13.1° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 3AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 29). An open ocean swell of 2.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (30 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (30 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151515141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666666656256555554545454545352484746454545454535
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
5
ENE
5
W
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
E
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
1.35
9:03AM
1.94
11:30PM
1.42
9:58AM
1.96
12:09AM
1.47
10:51AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
-0.25
3:34AM
0.88
4:52PM
-0.33
4:33AM
0.80
5:38PM
-0.36
5:26AM
0.71
Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----7:18-------7:16-------7:16--
Sunset-------5:31-------5:32-------5:34
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141313151716151515141516161414131314131414
Feels °C (?)111213121111131514131212111115151313111112111011
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