Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 20 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 4AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
2
2
0
0
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.3
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121212121111111111101010101091414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1025976876768647531430422350286363340327157157276250239261269331304384642
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SE
15
SE
20
S
15
S
15
SW
15
SSW
20
WSW
20
WNW
20
W
5
W
0
ENE
10
E
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
N
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
1.79
5:28PM
1.26
3:40AM
1.70
6:39PM
1.26
4:47AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
0.79
10:28AM
-0.32
10:16PM
0.86
11:32AM
-0.24
11:39PM
0.87
12:41PM
-0.16
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:28-------6:26-------6:24---
Sunset-------7:52-------7:53-------7:53
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
4112111-11--------------
Temp. °C1212121313131213121211111113131312111199121212
Feels °C (?)1011910101089789109101111867661086
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