Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 11 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 11AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SW
2.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
W
1.7
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
NW
2
NW
2
NW
Period(s) (?)1616161616151616891010101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39749949949339737237738260712421028702653575745667579579506517469550621598
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
SSE
25
ENE
10
NNW
15
W
15
WNW
5
NW
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NW
20
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
1.35
8:55PM
1.23
7:32AM
1.37
9:19PM
1.32
8:33AM
1.40
9:43PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
0.90
1:44PM
0.08
1:54AM
0.78
2:26PM
0.06
2:47AM
0.61
3:04PM
0.07
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:41-----
Sunset-----7:47-------7:49-------7:50--
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1111210-1542-------------
Temp. °C12121213139879989111111109991112111110
Feels °C (?)11109875313326779876787566
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