Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 Mar 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
10.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big River today?

The current surf forecast for Big River at 2PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
WNW
2.2
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
Period(s) (?)111110101211111111111111181811171791278999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112892872165176558955846246237533225431931632230929534312589561622174217522081
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
E
10
E
5
E
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
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
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
1.14
3:01AM
1.82
5:48PM
1.10
4:02AM
1.74
7:20PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
-0.16
8:35PM
0.74
10:36AM
-0.15
9:34PM
0.86
11:51AM
-0.14
11:02PM
0.91
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise7:13-------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset---7:29-------7:30-------7:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C912121199121314161315121312121111111010876
Feels °C (?)798766991112101291199875320-1-1
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