Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 03 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
12.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Drakes Estero today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Estero at 6PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
WNW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111101010101010181818181716161616121615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1024815662923571489417353302296235196243240270240336214208273203269280263
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
S
10
NW
15
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
0
NNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
1.30
1:35AM
1.62
3:02PM
1.24
2:00AM
1.60
3:55PM
1.18
2:30AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
-0.01
7:58PM
0.51
8:47AM
-0.03
8:31PM
0.64
9:26AM
-0.02
9:05PM
0.76
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise6:54-------6:52-------6:50-------
Sunset---7:36-------7:37-------7:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111517141315171616182119181918171619191614131312
Feels °C (?)81213991114121215191614171615131715131110109
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