Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 05 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
11.1° 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 3AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)121211111111151515151514141414141414131818181313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)436414400335323291348343212212209260257246236232179179173154154154123123
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
0
NE
5
ESE
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffglassoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
1.61
3:52PM
1.08
2:13AM
1.54
5:08PM
1.04
2:57AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
0.72
8:54AM
-0.01
7:57PM
0.82
9:46AM
0.05
8:36PM
0.89
10:47AM
0.09
Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----6:52-------6:50-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:43-------7:44-------7:45
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151413121213131312111010101213131111101011131313
Feels °C (?)1412111010111111111098810101099899111010
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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