Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 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
13.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
0.8
WNW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
W
1.3
W
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)12111111111110101078991414141414131313777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)647531495422407381347580130157161313252277261269331415402378303236209160
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
5
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
W
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
1.26
3:40AM
1.70
6:39PM
1.26
4:47AM
1.57
7:44PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:28AM
-0.32
10:16PM
0.86
11:32AM
-0.24
11:39PM
0.87
12:41PM
-0.16
1:12AM
0.81
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:28-------6:26-------6:24-------
Sunset---7:52-------7:53-------7:53----
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2111--221---------------
Temp. °C13131313121212121213141412121110911121111101010
Feels °C (?)10998899911111212887668855456
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