Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 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
11.5° 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 3PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
1
1
0
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
W
1.4
W
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.9
NW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111110101010915151414141414131313131371212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75066260852146044236337734737244339650153854513888801308536528444351314304
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SSW
15
SW
15
W
5
W
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
E
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
1.19
2:41AM
1.79
5:41PM
1.19
3:48AM
1.66
6:49PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
-0.39
8:31PM
0.82
10:18AM
-0.31
9:47PM
0.87
11:26AM
-0.23
11:21PM
0.84
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:30-------6:28-------6:26-------
Sunset---7:58-------7:59--------8:00---
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111111------------------
Temp. °C111212121110999131212111098810111010998
Feels °C (?)8999986661188897666656776
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