Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Big River today (23 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with NW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with NW swell.
The current surf forecast for Big River at 10PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 9s |
| Evening (23 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Big River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 23 | Saturday 24 | Sunday 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | NW 11 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1426 | 1535 | 1396 | 1224 | 1023 | 925 | 813 | 708 | 577 | 531 | 446 | 416 | 408 | 334 | 262 | 192 | 183 | 156 | 145 | 143 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | off |
High Tide | 10:10PM1.48m | 10:09AM1.81m | 11:02PM1.49m | 10:38AM1.92m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:01PM0.29m | 3:49AM0.41m | 4:42PM0.09m | 4:23AM0.50m | 5:23PM-0.09m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  | | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Feels °C | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | NW 9 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 11 |
| kJ | 221 | 298 | 273 | 1224 | 1023 | 925 | 813 | 708 | 577 | 531 | 446 | 416 | 408 | 334 | 262 | 192 | 183 | 138 | 123 | 137 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 130 | 89 | 89 | 273 | 203 | 203 | 201 | 259 | 243 | 231 | 228 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 222 | 165 | 160 | 156 | 145 | 143 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | — | — | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 18 | S 18 | SW 15 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 89 | 87 | 86 | 55 | — | — | 50 | 50 | 49 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 43 | 38 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1426 | 1535 | 1396 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 303 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Big River surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest