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Big River Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Mendocino County (14 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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 12PM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (05 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
| Evening (05 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Big River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 227 | 227 | 225 | 377 | 458 | 451 | 436 | 414 | 400 | 335 | 323 | 291 | 348 | 343 | 212 | 212 | 209 | 260 | 257 | 246 | 236 | 179 | 179 | 179 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | glass | glass | off | off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:08AM 1.66 | 2:51PM 1.16 | 1:38AM 1.61 | 3:52PM 1.08 | 2:13AM 1.54 | 5:08PM 1.04 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:09AM -0.04 | 7:26PM 0.72 | 8:54AM -0.01 | 7:57PM 0.82 | 9:46AM 0.05 | 8:36PM 0.89 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 05 | Monday 06 | Tuesday 07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:44 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
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