Drakes Estero surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 04 May 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
13.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm May 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 May)--
Afternoon (04 May)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (04 May)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
4
Tuesday
5
Wednesday
6
Thu
7
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
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WNW
14
1.3
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
13
1.2
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
12
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.7
W
14
0.9
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
13
1
W
12
1
W
12
1
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
721
555
538
530
530
522
413
308
303
303
246
199
229
242
242
191
183
181
290
277
304
299
308
303
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
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
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:56PM1.20m
1:53AM1.57m
4:46PM1.17m
2:33AM1.51m
5:40PM1.16m
3:18AM1.44m
Low Tide
8:42PM0.88m
9:40AM-0.12m
9:24PM0.92m
10:24AM-0.08m
10:17PM0.94m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:11
6:09
6:09
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8:05
8:06
8:07
8:07
1
3
1
Temp °C
13
12
11
11
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
11
10
9
8
9
10
9
10
10
12
10
10
9
7
7
8
10
7
6
5
6
6
7
7
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WNW
14
1.3
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
13
1.2
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
12
0.8
WNW
12
0.7
WNW
11
0.7
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.7
W
14
0.9
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
13
1
W
12
1
W
12
1
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
Energy kJ
721
555
538
530
530
522
413
308
303
303
246
199
153
130
242
191
183
181
290
277
304
299
308
303
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.4
SSW
14
0.5
SW
17
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.6
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
11
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
Energy kJ
116
124
169
90
127
71
135
129
214
171
171
174
229
242
95
95
95
171
164
164
127
127
97
96
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
10
0.2
S
10
0.1
SW
19
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SSW
13
0.3
SW
18
0.1
SW
18
0.1
SW
21
0.1
SW
21
0.1
SW
21
0.1
SW
21
0.1
SW
21
0.2
W
16
0.6
WNW
5
0.5
W
14
0.5
WNW
11
0.1
SW
20
0.2
WSW
19
0.3
SW
19
0.2
WSW
19
0.1
SW
20
0.1
SW
20
Energy kJ
8
8
15
45
68
94
68
49
12
18
18
18
18
18
20
19
107
66
15
37
59
37
15
15
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NW
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.5
WNW
3
0.8
WNW
4
0.9
WNW
5
0.8
WNW
5
0.7
WNW
5
0.8
WNW
5
0.6
WNW
5
0.9
WNW
4
1.1
WNW
5
1.3
WNW
6
1.1
WNW
6
1
WNW
6
0.9
WNW
6
0.8
WNW
6
Energy kJ
3
3
6
21
38
27
20
32
20
28
64
100
80
60
47
48
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
Distance (km)
145
0
26
0
48
32
0
0
48
26
0
26
26
23
0
0
145
147
144
26
23
23
0
1
Best forecast wave conditions in Marin County
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
8
9
6
5
8
8
5
5
6
5
5
5
7
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