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Drakes Bay surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 07 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
13.5° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 5km away, The Marine Mammal Center Live Stream Point Reyes National Seashore

How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 12PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 22s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 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 (?)
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)14149131313131313131315151515151413131313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3319618181717171717172121212182117171717171818
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
E
15
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
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		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
1.52
4:01AM
1.56
3:19PM
1.31
4:41AM
1.57
4:32PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.65
9:29PM
-0.02
10:23AM
0.59
10:11PM
0.18
11:32AM
0.52
10:56PM
0.39
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-7:28-------7:28-------7:26------
Sunset---5:07-------5:07-------5:08----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11111211111110109911111110998810111010910
Feels °C (?)557332000145775555797655
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