Big River Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.30° N 123.80° W

Big River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Big River sea temperature is
12.7° C
0.5° 

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 (10 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big River at 8PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.9m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)--
Afternoon (10 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (10 Jul)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
15
1.8
NW
7
2.1
NW
7
2.1
NW
7
2.2
NW
8
2.2
NW
8
2.1
NW
8
2.1
NW
8
2.1
NW
8
2.3
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.3
NW
8
2.1
NW
8
2
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
377
367
348
339
334
334
330
330
334
272
447
472
535
535
469
469
512
634
750
650
489
458
416
427
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
5
N
5
N
10
N
5
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
7:51PM1.99m
10:25AM1.17m
8:45PM2.09m
11:19AM1.26m
9:40PM2.17m
Low Tide
1:09PM0.79m
3:27AM-0.24m
2:15PM0.85m
4:19AM-0.40m
3:18PM0.85m
5:09AM-0.50m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:43
8:43
8:42
8:42
 mm
Temp °C
13
13
12
11
11
10
12
14
14
14
14
14
13
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
12
12
14
Feels °C
9
9
10
10
10
8
11
12
11
11
13
13
11
10
11
11
10
11
11
11
10
10
9
11
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