Maine

Drakes Island

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1.5Updated 33 min ago

Facing southeast, Drakes Island is a surf spot in Maine. The optimal swell comes from the southeast, and the offshore wind is from the northwest.

Swell height

2.9ft

Model estimate

6s period

Swell

SSE

158°

Windoffshore

18 mph

WNW

Tide

2.4 ft

slack

Conditions

Clean

swell mix · 87% wind sea

Not calibrated against CDIP, so it can read higher than nearshore swell height. How our heights work →

Swell breakdown

NWPS height + WW3

P1 (primary)

SSE

3.4ft

100%

Wind sea

WSW

1.5ft

not surfable

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

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Tide preference—

Optimal conditions

SwellSE 130°

WindNW offshore

Tide—

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Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44098

Hs3.6 ft

Tp6s

DirSE

Water56°F

Reading10/17/2026, 3:30:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

2.9

SSE155°

18mphoffshore

3.8ft

Sat, Oct 17

2am

3.0

SSE152°

15mphoffshore

7.4ft↓

5am

3.0

SSE149°

15mphoffshore

5.5ft↓

8am

2.8

SSE153°

19mphoffshore

2.3ft↑

11am

2.4

SSE149°

17mphoffshore

4.6ft↑

2pm

2.1

SSE149°

15mphoffshore

8.2ft↓

5pm

1.9

SSE149°

13mphoffshore

6.3ft↓

8pm

1.6

SSE147°

10mphoffshore

2.0ft↑

11pm

1.3

SE145°

6mphoffshore

2.7ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

1.1

SE142°

6mphcross-off

6.6ft↓

5am

1.0

SE139°

6mphcross

6.5ft↓

8am

0.9

SE136°

8mphcross

3.0ft↑

11am

0.8

SE131°

8mphcross

3.4ft↑

2pm

0.8

SE128°

10mphcross

7.3ft↑

5pm

0.7

ESE123°

10mphcross

7.4ft↓

8pm

0.8

ESE120°

3mphcross-on

3.1ft

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