Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 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
14.0° 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 2PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (18 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (18 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
6
8
7
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)161616161515141414131313131716151414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35124703383236893116261226672350192214081011905301865089418867366565918420734493105261322441685
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
0
E
5
E
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.67
10:16PM
1.50
10:31AM
1.73
11:04PM
1.47
10:55AM
1.76
11:49PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11PM
0.37
4:09AM
0.36
4:51PM
0.23
4:39AM
0.48
5:27PM
0.12
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise7:26-------7:28-------7:28-------
Sunset---6:31-------6:30-------6:29----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131615161414141313151414141211111116151515161716
Feels °C (?)1215141513131312111210910999813121314131413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Mendocino County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Big River (calm at Mendocino 3 km from Big River). 2.5m 15s groundswell from the NW with a 1.2m 8s swell, also from the NW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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