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Drakes Bay surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 16 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
12.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 8PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
W
0.2
SSW
0.9
W
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141414141416131513131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2423362119181952535250017034443444433215141414
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
15
NW
10
N
5
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffcross-
off		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		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
1.32
10:18AM
1.78
12:42AM
1.34
10:57AM
1.78
1:10AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
-0.13
5:08AM
0.91
6:03PM
-0.18
5:44AM
0.87
6:35PM
-0.20
6:20AM
0.82
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24
Sunset-5:15-------5:16-------5:17------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171715151515141516171616161515151717151415141314
Feels °C (?)161512121211101214151313121111121414121212111012
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