Big River Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.30° N 123.80° W

Big River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Big River sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.2° 

Big River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Big River today (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big River at 1AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (23 Oct)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (23 Oct)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
15
0.9
NW
13
1.8
NW
7
2.5
NW
7
2.3
NW
8
3
NW
9
3
NW
10
3
NW
10
3
NW
10
3
NW
9
3
NW
9
2.5
NW
10
2.5
NW
10
2.3
NW
10
2.1
NW
10
2
NW
10
1.8
NW
10
1.7
NW
10
1.6
NW
10
1.6
NW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
456
286
344
658
701
1366
1672
1742
1627
1603
1603
1278
1195
1026
830
723
611
520
489
489
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
9:18PM1.45m
9:43AM1.69m
10:10PM1.48m
10:09AM1.81m
Low Tide
3:21PM0.50m
3:15AM0.34m
4:01PM0.29m
3:49AM0.41m
4:42PM0.09m
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
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7:31
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7:33
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6:25
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6:24
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6:23
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 mm
1
1
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Temp °C
13
13
12
12
12
12
11
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
12
16
14
13
11
12
Feels °C
11
10
10
9
8
8
7
11
8
8
10
10
8
8
8
13
11
10
9
10
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