Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 22s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
Period(s) (?)88999101099999101010101010121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)796159419011833172519851559132512541202130213021391134312751086842745826688558462471382
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
E
5
E
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
1.37
1:31AM
1.87
3:01PM
1.25
2:12AM
1.87
4:17PM
1.14
3:01AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
0.45
8:27AM
-0.15
7:50PM
0.60
9:28AM
-0.16
8:35PM
0.74
10:36AM
-0.15
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------7:15-------7:13-------7:11-
Sunset-7:27-------7:28-------7:29------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C11111198881110109999811111191011131316
Feels °C (?)55545558666776688768891013
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