Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 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
11.4° 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 3AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (03 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111101010109999991818171212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3521298824021986154613701170127412271020753638524396328328278284247227225377458531
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
15
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
E
5
W
10
W
0
WNW
5
NE
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
E
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
1.71
1:11PM
1.32
12:40AM
1.69
1:59PM
1.23
1:08AM
1.66
2:51PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58PM
0.36
6:48AM
-0.03
6:27PM
0.49
7:28AM
-0.05
6:56PM
0.61
8:09AM
-0.04
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:52---
Sunset-------7:39-------7:40-------7:42
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10978712111212131413141914131616151414181414
Feels °C (?)3545487910101110101611121312111111161112
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