Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 22 Feb 2026 PST
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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
12.8° C
(Which is 1.1°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 5AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
2.2
SSW
2
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1413131313131312121288910101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8789991069106910699618656665205115595531351120313051048851761660531489399314272
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
1.83
4:33PM
1.07
3:28AM
1.83
6:23PM
1.06
4:33AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
0.60
9:55AM
0.09
8:40PM
0.77
11:13AM
0.02
9:45PM
0.90
12:28PM
-0.07
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------6:00-------6:00-------6:01
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314141416171614141414141414141413131312121212
Feels °C (?)101011121214131210987891112131213121111910
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