Big River Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.30° N 123.80° W

Big River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Big River sea temperature is
15.5°C
2.1° 

Big River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Big River today (02 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 18s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 17s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big River at 6PM is: 2.4m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)--
Afternoon (02 Nov)8ft (2.4m)18s
Evening (02 Nov)8ft (2.4m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thu
5
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
WNW
18
2.4
WNW
17
2.4
WNW
17
2.4
WNW
17
2.5
WNW
16
2.5
WNW
16
2.2
WNW
16
2.2
WNW
16
2.1
WNW
16
2.1
WNW
15
2
WNW
15
2
WNW
14
2.1
WNW
14
2.3
WNW
14
2.2
WNW
13
2.4
W
13
2.3
WNW
13
2.1
WNW
12
1.9
WNW
12
1.7
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3304
3473
3433
3354
3152
3118
2359
2330
1997
1846
1626
1582
1700
2106
1725
1962
1610
1240
969
729
503
612
677
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
N
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:53PM1.55m
6:52AM1.59m
6:16PM1.47m
7:31AM1.69m
7:31PM1.43m
Low Tide
11:17AM0.86m
11:50PM0.07m
12:35PM0.68m
00:43AM0.19m
1:39PM0.47m
1:29AM0.31m
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
14
14
13
14
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
15
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
Feels °C
11
12
13
11
11
10
8
8
9
9
10
10
11
10
10
13
11
10
10
11
10
9
7
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