Big River Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.30° N 123.80° W

Big River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Big River sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.4° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big River at 4AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (11 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (11 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the NW by Sun afternoon).

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SW
15
1
SW
15
1
SW
15
1
SW
15
0.9
SSW
15
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
534
502
489
483
565
558
551
459
435
424
418
372
412
412
305
301
297
241
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:20PM1.84m
12:06PM1.74m
00:10AM1.74m
12:37PM1.78m
Low Tide
5:12PM0.39m
5:42AM0.04m
6:00PM0.27m
6:16AM0.19m
6:46PM0.20m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:29
 mm
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
16
15
15
13
13
12
12
12
14
14
15
14
14
Feels °C
12
13
13
12
12
14
12
12
11
12
11
10
10
11
10
11
12
13
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