Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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
13.3° C
(Which is 1.7°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 2AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (02 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (02 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


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Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
0.5
S
0.8
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
1.7
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)111010999888887137161616131515121366
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22924029032231831123419215713899108876666656557427180141185317
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
0
NNE
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
N
15
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
1.52
9:52AM
1.85
11:07PM
1.60
10:40AM
1.77
11:36PM
1.66
11:26AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
0.54
4:33PM
-0.16
4:38AM
0.42
5:07PM
-0.05
5:24AM
0.32
Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----6:46-------6:45-------6:43---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:08-------6:09
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C131312121114141312111111101112121111101111121111
Feels °C (?)111110109141111109999998998108643
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