Drakes Bay surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
14.0° C
(Which is 2.1°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: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 14). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161314141415151515151414141414141717171713
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127127102687012513814014210610677142102102100971271231131681137069
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
15
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
W
10
W
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:05PM
1.52
11:22AM
1.41
11:32PM
1.63
12:18PM
1.41
12:02AM
1.73
1:14PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.11
5:42AM
0.17
5:40PM
0.20
6:22AM
-0.01
6:17PM
0.31
7:05AM
-0.18
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:46-------7:47-------7:49
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11101091012121212119871112131215111111131312
Feels °C (?)43434656740-1275651166711118
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