Surf Forecast Surf Report

Big River surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 26 Apr 2025 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
9.6° C
(Which is 2.1°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 7PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Apr)--
Afternoon (26 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (26 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
2.1
NW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
1
S
2.3
NW
1
S
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
Period(s) (?)109999999998820208191988881881788871216168888887714141414141313171616161915148888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6257271046130213961396139612631088104089976063453256079691188610099397066326865965747139286411488427421416481648681519435365311280215215210147176139258412452506480522638746785714942111714481715
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NW
0
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
0
WNW
5
W
5
S
15
SSW
10
SW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
1.92
11:57AM
1.41
11:20PM
2.01
12:56PM
1.37
12:00AM
2.04
1:57PM
1.32
12:44AM
2.01
3:02PM
1.26
1:32AM
1.91
4:11PM
1.23
2:26AM
1.78
5:22PM
1.23
3:28AM
1.62
6:30PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
0.27
5:28AM
-0.34
5:06PM
0.40
6:17AM
-0.48
5:48PM
0.53
7:08AM
-0.54
6:33PM
0.65
8:02AM
-0.52
7:23PM
0.75
8:59AM
-0.45
8:22PM
0.83
10:00AM
-0.33
9:35PM
0.87
11:04AM
-0.21
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise------6:22-------6:20-------6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------6:15-------6:13-----
Sunset--8:02-------8:04-------8:05-------8:06-------8:07-------8:07-------8:08-------8:09-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101110101010101011111098779111010998911111213111010101212111010109101211111010101010121011109999101010109
Feels °C (?)78754445666654567575657868877789878108791088788108107105423343211
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