Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 12 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
13.9° C
(Which is 2.0°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 12PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (12 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)8ft (2.4m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
!
!
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.9
NW
1.3
WNW
0.5
SW
2
WNW
1.7
NW
Period(s) (?)89910101010109910109977888881666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)845117615351799153713331109919632505423378321433437324363318267413197127319245
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
20
WNW
30
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
1.33
10:13PM
1.33
9:28AM
1.36
10:39PM
1.42
10:26AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
0.71
3:47PM
0.05
4:22AM
0.55
4:26PM
0.06
5:02AM
0.37
5:03PM
0.11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:37-----
Sunset-----7:44-------7:45-------7:45--
light rain
clear
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-19--------------------
Temp. °C121212111312111111109111212111010991011111010
Feels °C (?)454686689768763233455323
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