Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 06 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
11.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 12AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
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
Period(s) (?)151515151514141414141414131818181313131616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)348343212212209260257246236232179179173154154154123123121211208264211211
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
N
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52PM
1.08
2:13AM
1.54
5:08PM
1.04
2:57AM
1.47
6:37PM
1.04
3:54AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
0.82
9:46AM
0.05
8:36PM
0.89
10:47AM
0.09
9:36PM
0.94
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:50-------6:48-------6:47-
Sunset-7:43-------7:44-------7:45------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------1-1
Temp. °C111110109991112121111111112141414131313121314
Feels °C (?)9989877999999910121213131212111214
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