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Big River Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Mendocino County (14 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
12.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Big River today?
The current surf forecast for Big River at 7AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Apr) | 8ft (2.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (16 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (16 Apr) | 11ft (3.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Big River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 958 | 774 | 871 | 931 | 1169 | 1882 | 2151 | 1819 | 1375 | 1034 | 851 | 627 | 566 | 440 | 508 | 176 | 253 | 281 | 253 | 252 | 191 | 188 | 167 | 218 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | glass | off | glass | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:16AM 1.44 | 11:05PM 1.82 | 12:11PM 1.41 | 11:38PM 1.91 | 1:07PM 1.36 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:59AM -0.03 | 4:49PM 0.28 | 5:44AM -0.22 | 5:26PM 0.40 | 6:31AM -0.36 | 6:04PM 0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:54 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | -1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
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