Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.3°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 10AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (05 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
2
!
2
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
4
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
NW
2.3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)889101010101010111111111010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)530623812147298315591742280423051311121410809748591387810740615461402402332332290
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
45
NW
40
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
10
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
1.60
1:10PM
1.44
1:30AM
1.61
1:59PM
1.32
1:56AM
1.60
2:54PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
0.23
7:34PM
0.24
8:16AM
0.19
8:06PM
0.41
9:00AM
0.17
8:39PM
0.58
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--6:37-------6:35-------6:35-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:08-------6:09--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1099101312111111111012131415171615141618161514
Feels °C (?)233573356761010910141111111415131312
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