Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 01 Mar 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
13.3° 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 12PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (01 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
0.5
S
0.9
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121111111010999888887137131616131515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)407393283233229261290340326311239192183135991088791556565574271
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
NNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01AM
1.88
10:36PM
1.52
9:52AM
1.85
11:07PM
1.60
10:40AM
1.77
11:36PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
-0.23
3:50AM
0.54
4:33PM
-0.16
4:38AM
0.42
5:07PM
-0.05
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise6:48-------6:46-------6:45-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:07-------6:08----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C131413131312121211131413121111111111121211111111
Feels °C (?)131310111110101091211111191091089889910
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