Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Big River today (21 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Big River at 10PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
| Evening (21 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Big River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | S 13 | S 14 | SSW 14 | S 12 | S 11 | SSW 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 203 | 521 | 537 | 325 | 403 | 364 | 343 | 332 | 480 | 311 | 239 | 239 | 250 | 257 | 261 | 261 | 233 | 229 | 226 | 223 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:43PM1.69m | 7:20AM1.02m | 6:30PM1.69m | 9:00AM1.05m | 7:18PM1.70m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:57AM0.31m | 11:35AM0.76m | 2:02AM0.20m | 12:33PM0.88m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:35 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | S 13 | S 14 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | SSW 11 | S 10 | SSW 15 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | NW 10 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 109 | 521 | 537 | 282 | 403 | 364 | 343 | 332 | 302 | 311 | 220 | 165 | 134 | 104 | 261 | 261 | 233 | 229 | 113 | 223 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | NW 8 | NW 8 | SSW 14 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | SSW 15 | NNW 8 | SW 14 | NW 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 8 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | SSW 14 | NW 8 |
| kJ | 166 | 107 | 104 | 325 | 73 | 73 | 48 | 287 | 40 | 200 | 130 | 239 | 250 | 257 | 57 | 96 | 94 | 94 | 226 | 55 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | NW 8 | SW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | NW 8 | WNW 12 | NW 8 | SSW 14 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | S 7 | W 6 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | SSE 13 |
| kJ | 203 | 66 | 64 | 75 | 169 | 242 | 196 | 48 | 53 | 29 | 239 | 104 | 100 | 43 | 44 | 40 | 15 | 115 | 147 | 139 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSE 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 5 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 8 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 480 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 57 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 305 | 303 | 0 | 0 |
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