Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 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
10.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 6PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.6
W
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
Period(s) (?)141313137891111111212121212121211111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9696113111269364595170423052686288031263288287924021986162113701322142914181126862738
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SW
25
NW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
0
WNW
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
1.47
11:48PM
1.69
12:25PM
1.40
12:13AM
1.71
1:11PM
1.32
12:40AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
0.13
5:29PM
0.22
6:09AM
0.03
5:58PM
0.36
6:48AM
-0.03
6:27PM
0.49
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise7:00-------6:58-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:38-------7:39----
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--232-------------------
Temp. °C1212111211101010911111010877711111211131312
Feels °C (?)1087765445642454347781010109
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