Drakes Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.44° N 83.58° W

Drakes Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Drakes Bay sea temperature is
30.1° C
1.9° 

Drakes Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 3AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Fri morning, min 24°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
8
0.7
S
8
0.9
S
8
0.9
S
8
0.8
S
8
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.5
SW
18
0.6
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
85
64
102
103
78
82
82
116
133
133
131
100
152
204
258
234
229
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:42AM2.70m
8:14PM2.33m
8:40AM2.63m
Low Tide
1:20AM0.60m
2:08PM0.59m
2:16AM0.69m
3:12PM0.63m
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:26
5:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
 mm
7
10
20
1
1
Temp °C
25
24
24
24
26
26
27
26
26
26
26
26
28
29
29
28
27
Feels °C
29
26
27
27
29
31
31
30
30
30
30
30
33
33
33
32
31
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