Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 PST
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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
13.6° C
(Which is 1.6°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 2AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (18 Feb)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
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1
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
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4
3
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.1
W
2
W
3
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121313131313131313121211119101111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51194331484746814079366236913671320323471725124810061808245933983195262228211316920676500373
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
25
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
15
SW
20
SSE
35
ESE
25
N
50
NW
60
NW
55
NW
50
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
15
N
10
ENE
10
E
10
SE
10
ESE
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
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
1.47
12:09PM
1.64
1:14AM
1.54
12:55PM
1.55
1:42AM
1.61
1:47PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
-0.13
6:41AM
0.49
7:05PM
-0.05
7:23AM
0.39
7:36PM
0.07
8:09AM
0.29
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:58-------6:56-------6:54---
Sunset-------5:52-------5:53-------5:54
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
121--21---2553----------
Temp. °C88888910101099758101099976689
Feels °C (?)0-2-2-11112444-1-2-3-3-3-20222255
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