Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 27 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.9°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 11AM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (27 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101099108779987777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1636134310477937617456601026109210471026924833945817456248412402300285366475404
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
1.62
9:13PM
1.31
7:57AM
1.61
9:51PM
1.41
9:03AM
1.60
10:23PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
0.88
2:08PM
-0.14
2:04AM
0.76
3:01PM
-0.13
3:08AM
0.59
3:45PM
-0.09
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--7:07-------7:05-------7:03-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:34-------7:35--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12121215121311111111913161211121111111212121010
Feels °C (?)109912810910986101288989998877
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