Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 11 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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 12PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)1616161616161678101010101010109910109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)381381381376362314314451128625462848214015551115849753556431423370321375531512
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
S
20
S
30
S
35
S
40
NW
10
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
50
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
30
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
15
W
25
NW
35
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononononcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
1.31
9:47PM
1.25
8:25AM
1.33
10:13PM
1.33
9:28AM
1.36
10:39PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.84
3:01PM
0.07
3:38AM
0.71
3:47PM
0.05
4:22AM
0.55
4:26PM
0.06
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:39-----
Sunset-----7:43-------7:44-------7:45--
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1116421221--1---------
Temp. °C13131314149101212121211121212111110101112121211
Feels °C (?)12119871743233579898899654
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