Drakes Bay surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)191918181818181716161616161615151515151515141514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251241216280276276273261237234232229226217201199196193193191188140142140
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
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
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
1.37
8:18PM
1.69
10:38AM
1.44
9:23PM
1.70
11:16AM
1.50
10:21PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:07AM
-0.01
3:06PM
0.89
4:06AM
-0.04
4:09PM
0.77
4:54AM
-0.05
5:01PM
0.63
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:16-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818212019181717171720171615151414141615151414
Feels °C (?)181918211918171516161618151313141314131514141313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Marin County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Drakes Bay (calm at Point Reyes Station wx 12 km from Drakes Bay). 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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