Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 08 Apr 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
12.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 9AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
WNW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)131818181313131616161616151616161718181816151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173154154154123123121211208264211211209274271339377491491480427367353283
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
0
N
5
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
NE
5
E
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offglasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
1.47
6:37PM
1.04
3:54AM
1.41
7:47PM
1.08
5:06AM
1.36
8:27PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
0.09
9:36PM
0.94
11:52AM
0.11
11:13PM
0.96
12:53PM
0.09
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:48-------6:47-------6:46-----
Sunset-----7:45-------7:45-------7:46--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------13-11---1-121--
Temp. °C111212141413131313121314141313131211111413131212
Feels °C (?)9101112131212121211121312121313111091311111110
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