Drakes Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.44° N 83.58° W

Drakes Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Drakes Bay sea temperature is
30.5° C
2.2° 

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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 1AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (10 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (10 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 45mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
14
1
SSW
17
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
463
382
372
353
348
344
344
268
273
352
268
556
627
620
620
620
612
581
530
405
400
400
400
394
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
S
0
SSE
5
E
0
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
N
5
N
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
High Tide
9:47PM2.27m
10:12AM2.66m
10:56PM2.32m
11:18AM2.72m
00:05AM2.42m
Low Tide
3:41PM0.64m
3:47AM0.73m
4:46PM0.56m
4:56AM0.70m
5:52PM0.44m
6:05AM0.61m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:22
5:22
5:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:57
5:57
5:57
 mm
1
2
4
1
1
1
1
3
4
1
2
1
1
1
1
4
3
5
1
2
5
Temp °C
30
29
28
28
27
27
29
29
28
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
26
25
25
25
26
27
27
Feels °C
34
35
33
33
32
32
35
33
32
31
31
30
30
31
32
32
31
30
29
29
29
31
32
32
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Drakes Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest