Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 18 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.7°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 7AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.6
W
1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)16151515151514141414141414141398881514131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2151581461441041421401381361331271271251211201251631561221684317241058992
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
S
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
W
5
WNW
5
S
5
S
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
1.80
2:12PM
1.37
1:13AM
1.85
3:13PM
1.33
1:55AM
1.85
4:18PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
-0.30
7:36PM
0.58
8:38AM
-0.36
8:21PM
0.69
9:30AM
-0.37
9:12PM
0.79
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:50-------7:51-------7:52--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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clear
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------14482
Temp. °C111011141513121111111213141413131213131413121212
Feels °C (?)77912131110109101011111111107878710109
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