Drakes Beach

California, United States

Sand

Visibility is 0.4 km. Fog or rain can hide other surfers and the horizon. Be careful in the water.

Right now

Conditions at 3:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

Good

Waist-high (1.1 m) at 6 s, heading toward ESE, with strong offshore wind toward SSE.

Swell

1.1 m

ESE

6 s

Wind

24 km/h

SSE

Offshore

Tide

2 m

Rising

Weather

16 °C

Fog

16 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.8 m · 6 s

SE

18 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

0.9 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

1 AM

Good

1 m · 6 s

SE

20 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

0.9 m

Overcast · 14 °C

2 AM

Good

1.2 m · 6 s

SE

21 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.1 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

3 AM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

18 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

4 AM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

18 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

5 AM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

16 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.6 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

6 AM

Good

1.2 m · 6 s

ESE

14 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.7 m

Clear · 14 °C

7 AM

Good

1.3 m · 6 s

ESE

13 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.8 m

Fog · 14 °C

8 AM

Good

1.4 m · 6 s

ESE

12 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.8 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

9 AM

Good

1.4 m · 5 s

ESE

13 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.7 m

Fog · 15 °C

10 AM

Good

1.4 m · 5 s

ESE

12 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.7 m

Fog · 15 °C

11 AM

Good

1.3 m · 5 s

ESE

15 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.7 m

Fog · 16 °C

12 PM

Good

1.3 m · 5 s

ESE

24 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.7 m

Fog · 16 °C

1 PM

Good

1.2 m · 6 s

ESE

25 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.8 m

Fog · 16 °C

2 PM

Good

1.2 m · 6 s

ESE

23 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 16 °C

3 PM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

24 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2 m

Fog · 16 °C

4 PM

Poor

1 m · 6 s

ESE

26 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2.1 m

Mostly clear · 16 °C

5 PM

Poor

1 m · 6 s

SE

29 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2.2 m

Overcast · 15 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 6 s

ESE

30 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2.1 m

Overcast · 15 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

ESE

30 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2 m

Overcast · 14 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 6 s

E

29 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.8 m

Overcast · 14 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

ESE

29 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 14 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 6 s

SE

29 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 14 °C

11 PM

Poor

1 m · 6 s

SE

28 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.1 m

Overcast · 14 °C

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