Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 21 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10AM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (21 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)777788999101010109991010101010101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)480716432535839177121502043180818012026152714491433154214991541146213701090882842963770
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
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-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:56AM
1.83
1:57PM
1.37
1:31AM
1.87
3:01PM
1.25
2:12AM
1.87
4:17PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
-0.09
7:12PM
0.45
8:27AM
-0.15
7:50PM
0.60
9:28AM
-0.16
8:35PM
0.74
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--7:16-------7:15-------7:13-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:28-------7:29--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111111211111098881111109988811101099
Feels °C (?)777844444557766755597777
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