Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 14 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
12.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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 4AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (15 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
WNW
0.9
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.1
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
Period(s) (?)88812814141010888888891010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26420816199101143149391809756724816783813984154514869341115869653589489502
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
25
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
15
N
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07PM
1.57
10:23AM
1.44
10:35PM
1.70
11:16AM
1.44
11:05PM
1.82
12:11PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.19
4:14PM
0.18
4:59AM
-0.03
4:49PM
0.28
5:44AM
-0.22
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise----6:37-------6:37-------6:35---
Sunset-------7:52-------7:52-------7:53
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101099912121111987691111129888121111
Feels °C (?)5766710101061-1-2-123245555866
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