Drakes Beach

Drakes Beach is an SSW-facing beach break in Marin County, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to S and S to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 47% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

SSW (199°)

Best swell

S to WSW (187°–240°) or SSE to S (159°–183°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE to S (153° to 183°); S to W (187° to 278.5°)

Offshore wind

NNE

Tide

NOAA station 9415020

Wave buoy

SAN FRANCISCO - 18NM West of San Francisco, CA · 32 km away

Cams

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