Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 14 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
12.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 4PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (14 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
0.7
SSW
1.6
NW
0.6
SSW
0.7
NW
1.3
NW
0.6
WNW
0.9
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)98158161381281414101088888888101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)354256256335201164227991011431493247938208498719317548481385145213751115869
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
25
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
1.42
10:07PM
1.57
10:23AM
1.44
10:35PM
1.70
11:16AM
1.44
11:05PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:39PM
0.11
4:16AM
0.19
4:14PM
0.18
4:59AM
-0.03
4:49PM
0.28
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:51-------7:52-------7:52----
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C9101110101099101112121088779111011977
Feels °C (?)766456668910114-1-1-112303444
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