Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 10 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
13.3° C
(Which is 1.4°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 12AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)16151515161616161616161678910101010109101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2912692663403813813813763623143143147048601458185114241209998725563460441370
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
W
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
25
S
35
S
35
WSW
20
SSW
40
SSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
25
SW
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:16PM
1.18
7:16AM
1.31
9:47PM
1.25
8:25AM
1.33
10:13PM
1.33
9:28AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
0.09
2:45AM
0.84
3:01PM
0.07
3:38AM
0.71
3:47PM
0.05
4:22AM
0.55
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:39-
Sunset-7:42-------7:43-------7:44------
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11-1111116621111--------
Temp. °C15151413131313141411111211121111111111111110911
Feels °C (?)1112121112111097474235456689778
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