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Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
13.1° 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 7AM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 5.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (23 Nov)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (23 Nov)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161616151515151414141413131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57665323516852354939500248774552410836923219289026252655184815791382112711511030862760749451
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
1.31
11:43AM
1.76
2:44AM
1.31
12:22PM
1.70
3:35AM
1.33
1:07PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
1.05
7:17PM
-0.06
6:31AM
1.08
8:00PM
-0.02
7:27AM
1.10
8:45PM
0.03
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise---7:07-------7:07-------7:09----
Sunset-----4:54-------4:54-------4:53--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101091011111010101111121312111110991112111111
Feels °C (?)9989898989911109101087698789
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