Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Big River today (12 Nov):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Nov, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 15s period with WNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Nov, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Nov, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Big River at 3PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Nov) | 13ft (4.0m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (12 Nov) | 11ft (3.5m) | 15s |
| Evening (12 Nov) | 11ft (3.5m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Big River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Fri morning). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sun 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | W 15 | W 15 | W 16 | WNW 18 | WNW 19 | WNW 19 | WNW 19 | WNW 18 | WNW 17 | WNW 17 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | W 14 | WNW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 5755 | 6155 | 5994 | 5536 | 5036 | 4968 | 4178 | 3645 | 3051 | 6445 | 8598 | 12971 | 33557 | 49379 | 49726 | 42854 | 32496 | 27189 | 22225 | 15912 | 11914 | 8757 | 5676 | 4779 | 4368 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 11:45AM1.76m | 2:35AM1.30m | 12:23PM1.69m | 3:30AM1.30m | 1:06PM1.60m | 4:25AM1.31m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:48AM1.00m | 7:13PM-0.05m | 6:30AM1.05m | 7:58PM0.02m | 7:22AM1.07m | 8:46PM0.09m | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — |
 | — | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | — | — | 5:00 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Temp °C | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | W 15 | W 15 | W 16 | WNW 18 | WNW 19 | WNW 19 | WNW 19 | WNW 18 | WNW 17 | WNW 17 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | W 14 | WNW 14 |
| kJ | 5755 | 6155 | 5994 | 5536 | 5036 | 4968 | 4178 | 3645 | 3051 | 6445 | 8598 | 12971 | 33557 | 49379 | 49726 | 42854 | 32496 | 27189 | 22225 | 15912 | 11914 | 8757 | 5676 | 4779 | 4368 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | — | S 7 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 17 |
| kJ | 134 | 133 | 129 | 123 | 120 | 101 | 104 | 102 | — | 242 | 149 | 147 | 291 | 201 | 196 | 186 | 174 | 169 | 167 | 121 | 165 | 165 | 118 | 116 | 311 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | — | — | — | SSW 16 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 37 | 66 | 63 | 121 | 124 | 123 | — | — | — | 149 | 64 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | 106 | 162 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 17 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 11 | SSE 5 |
| kJ | — | 16 | 62 | 104 | 112 | 191 | 497 | 613 | 1029 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 75 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 7 | 167 | 270 | 666 | 202 | 202 | 327 | 328 | 328 | 778 | 981 | 304 | 303 | 303 | 202 | 202 | 98 | 98 | 202 | 202 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 111 | 111 |
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