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Drakes Estero Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Marin County (14 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Drakes Estero today?
The current surf forecast for Drakes Estero at 1AM is: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Drakes Estero. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tue 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 273 | 261 | 237 | 234 | 232 | 229 | 226 | 217 | 201 | 220 | 277 | 397 | 590 | 740 | 770 | 729 | 637 | 584 | 523 | 425 | 425 | 375 | 283 | 267 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:18PM 1.69 | 10:38AM 1.44 | 9:23PM 1.70 | 11:16AM 1.50 | 10:21PM 1.69 | 11:50AM 1.54 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:06AM -0.04 | 4:09PM 0.77 | 4:54AM -0.05 | 5:01PM 0.63 | 5:35AM -0.02 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Marin County
Continuing clean conditions at Drakes Estero (calm at Point Reyes Station wx 13 km from Drakes Estero). 0.7m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 12s groundswell, also from the WNW and a 0.4m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 43 min ago
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