Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
11.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Virgin Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Virgin Creek at 1PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)151413121212121111111111101010101515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)576103314581599145012001018777642550505427404370314313275443437396467538630595
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
ESE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
S
15
SW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
SW
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20PM
1.27
1:56AM
1.94
4:31PM
1.23
2:52AM
1.83
5:45PM
1.24
3:58AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
-0.43
7:36PM
0.74
9:16AM
-0.39
8:34PM
0.82
10:19AM
-0.31
9:50PM
0.87
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:31-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:57-------7:58-------7:59----
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
710651111222111----------
Temp. °C1111121212121111111312121110999121111111098
Feels °C (?)9101110109988109101096679889875
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