Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 Apr 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
12.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 3PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
2
0
1
3
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
WNW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)181813131316161616161516161617181818161515151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)154154123123121211208264211211209274271339377491491480427367353283402499
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NE
5
E
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSW
20
SSW
10
W
0
SW
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononglasscrosscrossglasscross-
off
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
1.04
3:54AM
1.41
7:47PM
1.08
5:06AM
1.36
8:27PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
0.09
9:36PM
0.94
11:52AM
0.11
11:13PM
0.96
12:53PM
0.09
12:47AM
0.90
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:48-------6:47-------6:46-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:45-------7:46----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------13111--121121---1
Temp. °C121413131313131213141414131312121213131312121111
Feels °C (?)1112121213131211121312121312111111111011121198
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