Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
9.6° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 11AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (25 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
0.7
SW
1
NW
1.1
NW
2.1
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)111712121178999910101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3163092953551147843121315031404179417551594152016721869194016361271104790677781710261178
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
15
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
1.74
7:20PM
1.13
5:18AM
1.67
8:27PM
1.21
6:41AM
1.62
9:13PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
-0.14
11:02PM
0.91
1:05PM
-0.14
12:42AM
0.88
2:08PM
-0.14
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--7:11-------7:09-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:31-------7:32--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1313121211111187769111212121213131313131010
Feels °C (?)1010996440-1114681010910101091079
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