Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
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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
13.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 3PM is: 4.5m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (19 Feb)15ft (4.5m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)13ft (4.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
3.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WSW
1.6
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.4
SSE
3
S
2.3
SW
4
S
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)11101011111111111010101010999766789910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)209023363919514847723566260219151351100650844232223216112196166289517125784423513218
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
40
NNW
45
NW
40
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
10
S
15
S
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:59AM
1.66
12:45AM
1.70
12:49PM
1.51
1:16AM
1.77
1:48PM
1.34
1:52AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
0.44
6:15PM
0.09
6:49AM
0.33
6:46PM
0.25
7:43AM
0.24
7:19PM
0.42
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-7:01-------7:00------6:58-------
Sunset---5:55-------5:57-------5:58----
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
711--------------------4
Temp. °C789987543710109667810111111121211
Feels °C (?)0-1-1-1010-1-2375400012334453
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