Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 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
11.2° 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 1PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (02 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
Period(s) (?)11111212121212121211111110101010109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22632686292332333646310224991986172713701322127413511070862681614430351328300266260255
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
onglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
1.40
12:13AM
1.71
1:11PM
1.32
12:40AM
1.69
1:59PM
1.23
1:08AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.03
5:58PM
0.36
6:48AM
-0.03
6:27PM
0.49
7:28AM
-0.05
6:56PM
0.61
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise6:58-------6:56-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:38-------7:39-------7:40----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10111110108777111112121314131316141414151514
Feels °C (?)665234444779111011101013121212121111
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