Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.44° N 83.58° W

Drakes Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Drakes Bay sea temperature is
30.2°C
2.8° 

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 (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 7PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (01 Nov)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (01 Nov)4ft (1.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 67mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wed
4
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1
SW
14
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SSW
16
1.8
SSW
7
1.9
SSW
7
0.7
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
719
719
710
701
692
611
557
674
581
574
512
479
398
479
472
466
412
258
215
227
220
334
362
212
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
S
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
6:56AM2.69m
7:41PM2.59m
8:02AM2.51m
8:51PM2.54m
9:17AM2.40m
10:03PM2.55m
Low Tide
1:19PM0.40m
1:53AM0.68m
2:25PM0.54m
3:08AM0.75m
3:36PM0.63m
4:24AM0.73m
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1
1
1
6
2
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1
2
3
1
2
2
4
5
3
4
10
11
3
5
Temp °C
28
29
29
26
25
25
26
26
28
29
28
27
27
27
26
26
26
25
25
25
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
33
33
33
30
28
29
30
30
32
33
31
31
31
32
30
30
29
28
28
29
29
28
28
27
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