Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
11.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 10AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131514131212121211111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)215213229220217210210235201198455104819051810162213101160950799705655531530388
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
ESE
25
SE
10
SSW
10
E
10
ESE
0
E
10
SE
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crossoncross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
1.96
2:07PM
1.30
12:58AM
1.96
3:12PM
1.23
1:46AM
1.90
4:25PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
-0.43
6:46PM
0.63
8:15AM
-0.44
7:33PM
0.74
9:14AM
-0.39
8:31PM
0.82
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:30-----
Sunset-----7:55-------7:57-------7:58--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------462421--1-3431-
Temp. °C111111141415131313111112111212111110111111111111
Feels °C (?)98810810987910111111108978910101010
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