Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 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
12.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than 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: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (24 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (24 Feb)7ft (2.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)8899999999999916151515151414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)715567783880861939798699606531488410347307241193188142142183127120118118
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
N
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
1.83
6:23PM
1.06
4:33AM
1.82
7:52PM
1.14
5:47AM
1.82
8:48PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.02
9:45PM
0.90
12:28PM
-0.07
11:17PM
0.96
1:34PM
-0.16
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:52-----
Sunset-----6:00-------6:01-------6:04--
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
868151361-----------------
Temp. °C151414141414141313131313131312121211111315131212
Feels °C (?)9889101213121213131212111111111091213101011
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