Drakes Bay surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 05 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
12.9° 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 9PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151515141414141414141418181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)208273203198280263252249246169167222215213154147145143143143111111111101
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
1.18
2:30AM
1.56
4:56PM
1.12
3:07AM
1.51
6:11PM
1.09
3:52AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
0.76
10:08AM
0.01
9:43PM
0.86
10:57AM
0.05
10:34PM
0.93
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:46-
Sunset-7:37-------7:38-------7:39------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201614141312121313131111111111121313121212121213
Feels °C (?)171211111091011101088877888777789
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