Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 28 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
11.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Drakes Estero today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Estero at 11AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.8
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101099966888888612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42747553050441736736733332030724617214121115714121321336921319219816239
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
0
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
10
NW
5
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
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
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
1.54
10:46PM
1.44
9:57AM
1.54
11:21PM
1.51
10:55AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43AM
0.69
4:21PM
-0.09
4:40AM
0.53
5:05PM
-0.06
5:30AM
0.37
5:44PM
0.00
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise--7:03-------7:01-------7:00-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:30-------7:31--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1311111314151615171615181515151211111111121099
Feels °C (?)111091112121313151413151099666656444
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