Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 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
12.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Drakes Estero today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Estero at 1AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (25 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (25 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.4
WNW
0.6
SW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1118181717101678999101010101010101111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2241941921881753861635497421080123611841139100081011921092794729674573494436378
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
35
NW
40
NW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
30
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:54PM
1.15
5:01AM
1.66
8:18PM
1.20
6:17AM
1.59
9:20PM
1.28
7:38AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
0.89
1:05PM
-0.08
1:01AM
0.91
2:22PM
-0.08
2:33AM
0.84
3:27PM
-0.09
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----7:07-------7:05-------7:05---
Sunset-------7:28-------7:28-------7:29
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14161514131413111098881114131213141615161614
Feels °C (?)710109785210-114897710111312131210
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