The Patch surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 PDT
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The Patch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Patch sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Patch today?

The current surf forecast for The Patch at 1AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest 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-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

Table - waves today at The Patch. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
3
4
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)1615151616161616166667891010101010991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)295221269299314381381310123928228437486811481879158813481124996723563436422369
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
25
S
30
S
45
SSW
20
SW
35
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
NNW
5
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
0.89
6:42AM
0.99
9:15PM
0.94
7:51AM
1.01
9:40PM
1.00
8:54AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38PM
0.07
2:17AM
0.58
2:33PM
0.06
3:11AM
0.49
3:20PM
0.06
3:55AM
0.39
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:41-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset-7:40-------7:42-------7:43------
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111--111121111127--------
Temp. °C151513131213131414131112121110121212111111101012
Feels °C (?)11121112111110984743246687898810
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