Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 05 Jul 2025 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
12.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 8PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 2.0m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jul)--
Afternoon (05 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (05 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
2.1
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
1.3
NW
0.6
S
1.8
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)1616167141414149888916161616161616151414141414141414186137777888899999999999999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)695796973948932982906655927999105410537468058437958007156035736025674514553503312644404263583583544847789489348178021171146518641975225518341567155915731763186522312379221517881823338113361069929911911
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
0
E
5
NE
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
0
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
1.69
10:28AM
1.07
8:34PM
1.73
11:16AM
1.13
9:14PM
1.79
11:55AM
1.18
9:54PM
1.83
12:29PM
1.23
10:33PM
1.88
1:03PM
1.27
11:13PM
1.91
1:36PM
1.31
11:53PM
1.90
2:09PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
0.81
3:26AM
0.09
2:01PM
0.88
4:08AM
-0.03
2:51PM
0.92
4:46AM
-0.12
3:38PM
0.93
5:23AM
-0.19
4:23PM
0.92
5:59AM
-0.25
5:05PM
0.91
6:34AM
-0.28
5:50PM
0.88
7:10AM
-0.28
6:37PM
0.85
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunrise------5:54-------5:54-------5:56-------5:56-------5:56-------5:56-------5:58-----
Sunset--8:45-------8:44-------8:44-------8:44-------8:43-------8:43-------8:43-------8:42-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1212111010101113131412121111121212111199101112121213111110111314141313121113151616141212111314151412111111121313141312
Feels °C (?)88898810111112111199108991088910101011129101010101111111110912121313119109121212121191010121211121111
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