Drakes Bay surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
13.0° C
(Which is 1.1°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 5AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)131316161616161616171818181716151515161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9685163165165130216216214224370379375362291269266340381381381376362314
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
35
S
40
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:32PM
1.09
4:51AM
1.38
8:35PM
1.13
6:01AM
1.33
9:16PM
1.18
7:16AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59PM
0.96
1:02PM
0.11
1:35AM
0.93
2:06PM
0.09
2:45AM
0.84
3:01PM
0.07
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----6:45-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:40-------7:42-------7:43
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------122--11111119
Temp. °C121212121215151514141314131415151313121213131410
Feels °C (?)1011121211141314141311121212121211111089665
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

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 Bay 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.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest