Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
10.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Virgin Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Virgin Creek at 7AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
2
3
0
0
1
2
4
3
3
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
3
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.2
WNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)101011111110101010999977777788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1008977936868749836773256496321237281255234195138109174246267233257193157
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
0
NE
0
ENE
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
0
NW
10
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
0
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
onglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
1.69
9:56PM
1.48
9:09AM
1.68
10:30PM
1.57
10:07AM
1.66
11:00PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.79
2:59PM
-0.09
3:07AM
0.63
3:44PM
-0.05
4:01AM
0.46
4:23PM
0.03
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise--7:05-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----7:34-------7:35-------7:36--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12121115161513141313131413121011101010119988
Feels °C (?)91081211109121112111110981077985567
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