Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 PDT
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Big River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Big River sea temperature is
11.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 8AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 20s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

Table - waves today at Big River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)10101099991018181817121212121111111115151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)753652524396328294278264227227225377458451436414400335323291348343212212
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
10
W
0
NW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
W
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
E
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
1.69
1:59PM
1.23
1:08AM
1.66
2:51PM
1.16
1:38AM
1.61
3:52PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28AM
-0.05
6:56PM
0.61
8:09AM
-0.04
7:26PM
0.72
8:54AM
-0.01
7:57PM
0.82
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--6:54-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----7:40-------7:42-------7:43--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151415201515161616161518151414141312121313121210
Feels °C (?)12111118121414121213131612121312111010101110118
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