Big River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.30° N 123.80° W

Issued: 3 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Big River sea temperature is

15.6°C

Big River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Big River today (01 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 21s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big River at 10PM is: 1.3m 20s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (01 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	16s
Evening (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	21s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 1				Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wed 4
	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	WNW 20	WNW 20	WNW 19	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	733	724	706	1281	1642	2212	2954	3273	3304	3473	3433	3601	3152	2583	2359	2330	2271	1846	1748	1724	1700	2006	1585
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	N	E	ESE	E	ESE	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide		3:28PM1.66m					6:06AM1.49m				4:53PM1.55m				6:52AM1.59m				6:16PM1.47m
Low Tide					10:51PM-0.03m				11:17AM0.86m				11:50PM0.07m				12:35PM0.68m				00:43AM0.19m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—
	—	4:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	5:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	14	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	16	14	13	12	12	11
Feels °C	9	10	10	10	9	8	9	12	11	11	12	10	10	11	9	10	11	13	11	10	9	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	WNW 20	WNW 19	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13
kJ	733	724	706	756	1642	2212	2954	3273	3304	3473	3433	3601	3152	2583	2359	2330	2271	1846	1748	1724	1700	2006	1585
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 12	NW 12	WNW 22	WNW 20	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 9	SW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9
kJ	152	149	589	1281	627	716	619	627	746	796	817	806	715	644	644	887	972	792	746	480	335	415	318
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 23	WNW 22	WNW 12	NW 6	NW 5	NW 5	WNW 11	NW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	—	—	—	W 11	W 11	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	W 11	W 10	SSW 15	SSW 15
kJ	140	317	127	82	41	21	163	130	84	82	—	—	—	123	272	653	644	544	537	303	408	551	480
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 4	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	75	76	92	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	88	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	183	273	0	0	0	0	0	36	36	36	0	19	13	13	19	19	13	13	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)			4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4

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