Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 07 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
11.6° 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 8PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
WNW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141318181813131316161616161516161617181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)236232179179173154154154123123121211211264211211209274271339377491491480
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NE
5
E
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:08PM
1.04
2:57AM
1.47
6:37PM
1.04
3:54AM
1.41
7:47PM
1.08
5:06AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
0.89
10:47AM
0.09
9:36PM
0.94
11:52AM
0.11
11:13PM
0.96
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:48-------6:47-------6:46-
Sunset-7:44-------7:45-------7:45------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C111310111212131514141313131313141414131313121213
Feels °C (?)810891010111312131313121212131313131312111112
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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