Big River Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.30° N 123.80° W

Big River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Big River sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.5° 

Big River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Big River today (15 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big River at 4PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (15 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
2.1
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.2
NW
8
2.2
NW
8
2.2
NW
8
2.3
NW
8
2
NW
8
1.9
NW
8
1.9
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
1.6
NW
8
1.7
NW
9
1.7
NW
9
1.6
NW
9
1.5
NW
8
1.4
NW
8
1.3
NW
8
1.3
NW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
515
414
424
515
836
794
594
624
624
669
504
481
505
433
367
430
437
359
313
279
250
250
Wind (km/h)
5
N
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
2:12PM1.72m
3:53AM1.23m
2:49PM1.65m
5:16AM1.16m
3:35PM1.58m
Low Tide
7:55AM0.69m
9:12PM0.17m
8:30AM0.84m
10:10PM0.22m
9:11AM0.95m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:23
7:22
7:20
 mm
Temp °C
12
15
15
15
13
13
12
12
12
15
14
14
13
13
12
12
13
16
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
11
14
13
12
12
11
10
10
11
13
12
13
13
12
11
10
11
14
13
15
14
14
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest