Big River Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.30° N 123.80° W

Big River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Big River sea temperature is
15.9°C
2.5° 

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 (31 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big River at 9PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (31 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
0
4
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.3
WNW
20
1.5
WNW
20
1.8
WNW
19
2.1
WNW
18
2.3
WNW
18
2.3
WNW
18
2.4
WNW
17
2.4
WNW
17
2.3
WNW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
508
508
508
508
522
870
870
859
733
724
706
1281
1642
2436
2954
3418
3304
3473
3433
3119
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
5
NW
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NW
20
NNW
10
N
5
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
15
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:12PM1.80m
6:11AM1.41m
4:28PM1.66m
7:06AM1.49m
5:53PM1.55m
Low Tide
10:47PM-0.13m
10:45AM0.98m
11:51PM-0.03m
12:17PM0.86m
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cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
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7:43
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5:14
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Temp °C
13
13
11
10
11
11
10
12
13
13
12
11
11
11
11
14
13
14
13
13
Feels °C
10
11
7
7
8
8
8
9
9
8
9
10
9
9
9
11
9
12
11
10
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