Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 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
9.6° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 11PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)--
Afternoon (25 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)1110899991010101010101010101010101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10751608108013731570179417551594144615941753190216361343104785177776176113361316116012011201
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NE
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20PM
1.13
5:18AM
1.67
8:27PM
1.21
6:41AM
1.62
9:13PM
1.31
7:57AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
-0.14
11:02PM
0.91
1:05PM
-0.14
12:42AM
0.88
2:08PM
-0.14
2:04AM
0.76
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise------7:09-------7:07-------7:05-
Sunset-7:30-------7:31-------7:32------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111119876911121212121313151313111111111113
Feels °C (?)74521014681010910101210108109889
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