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Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 PST
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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
13.1° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 12PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
5
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131413131212201918181717161616161514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)796501497551838915107798093090020023481714073226900581950614606416437973566318028262187
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SE
5
W
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
E
5
NE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglasscrossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		glasscrosscrossglasscross-
off		offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
1.71
5:02PM
1.08
5:07AM
1.73
6:48PM
1.04
5:50AM
1.74
8:26PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
0.50
10:04PM
0.65
12:26PM
0.37
10:49PM
0.82
1:26PM
0.25
11:44PM
0.94
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-7:33-------7:33-------7:33------
Sunset---5:09-------5:10-------5:12----
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part cloud
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cloud
part cloud
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clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11111211111111111111121110101091010121111121112
Feels °C (?)891099898889778867798910910
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