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Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 31 Jan 2026 PST
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Virgin Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Virgin Creek sea temperature is
12.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Virgin Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Virgin Creek at 2AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)6ft (1.9m)18s
Afternoon (01 Feb)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (01 Feb)13ft (4.0m)16s

Table - waves today at Virgin Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sat
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
5
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5
5
5
!
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4
4
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)161614151518171616161615151414141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17303453320422161635239665567329787376197283615052964592389832812774239519611610144513161029773
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
ESE
15
E
5
SW
5
E
0
NE
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onoffoffglassoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassoncross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18PM
1.57
10:03AM
2.21
11:54PM
1.65
10:52AM
2.13
12:29AM
1.71
11:41AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
-0.33
3:51AM
0.84
5:01PM
-0.30
4:44AM
0.75
5:40PM
-0.22
5:36AM
0.68
Sat
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----7:22-------7:20-------7:20--
Sunset-------5:35-------5:36-------5:37
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121312131314141312121110101112121314131413151714
Feels °C (?)111181111131111101299899101212101010131411
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