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Big River Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Mendocino County (14 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
10.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Big River today?
The current surf forecast for Big River at 5PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Mar) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (22 Mar) | 8ft (2.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (22 Mar) | 8ft (2.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Big River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1782 | 1325 | 1254 | 1270 | 1215 | 1124 | 1264 | 1275 | 1178 | 1107 | 859 | 745 | 826 | 701 | 558 | 505 | 462 | 414 | 375 | 292 | 319 | 316 | 346 | 418 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:01PM 1.25 | 2:12AM 1.87 | 4:17PM 1.14 | 3:01AM 1.82 | 5:48PM 1.10 | 4:02AM 1.74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:27AM -0.15 | 7:50PM 0.60 | 9:28AM -0.16 | 8:35PM 0.74 | 10:36AM -0.15 | 9:34PM 0.86 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wed 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
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