Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 PST
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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
14.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 2PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (18 Nov)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (18 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111110101010101313121299101314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1121100892183874573270559246237430422548242625028419355479923764558412044244226
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
5
N
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
N
30
NW
40
NW
40
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
1.71
11:55PM
1.29
10:31AM
1.72
12:41AM
1.30
10:57AM
1.72
1:26AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
0.67
5:33PM
-0.05
5:05AM
0.77
6:06PM
-0.09
5:40AM
0.86
6:38PM
-0.12
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
Sunrise6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset---4:58-------4:57-------4:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131313121212121212121312121311111112131312111111
Feels °C (?)912109101112111011111110109996556678
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