The Patch surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
13.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
NW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)9910101010101010111110101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115710909839101274676548548570604540435367292286281286345382382389339386402
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44AM
1.19
8:45PM
0.97
7:03AM
1.17
9:33PM
1.04
8:18AM
1.17
10:12PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
0.60
1:55PM
-0.05
2:04AM
0.56
3:01PM
-0.05
3:16AM
0.48
3:55PM
-0.05
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--7:05-------7:03-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:28-------7:29--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C999141817151616161618201915141312121518171414
Feels °C (?)467121513111314131215171512111110101416141112
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