Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 PDT
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Drakes Estero surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Drakes Estero sea temperature is
13.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Drakes Estero today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Estero at 10AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
1.1
W
1.4
S
0.6
W
1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
2
W
Period(s) (?)141414141414131388615141312121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1361331271271251211201181361561221634197031025976861755647463447363297900
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
0
ESE
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
5
S
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
1.85
3:13PM
1.33
1:55AM
1.85
4:18PM
1.29
2:43AM
1.79
5:28PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
-0.36
8:21PM
0.69
9:30AM
-0.37
9:12PM
0.79
10:28AM
-0.32
10:16PM
0.86
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise--6:31-------6:28-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:51-------7:52-------7:52--
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------133331112331221
Temp. °C121112131414131313131312131212121212121214131111
Feels °C (?)1110111111111098676812109887810866
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