Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
3
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.7
S
2
WNW
2.2
NW
2
NW
2.4
NW
Period(s) (?)888899991918181818111117161010167889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)56855552056963057954449764149343453554370165750246157177563486313689361218
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
0
N
5
N
5
N
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
1.26
6:16PM
1.79
9:04AM
1.33
7:32PM
1.78
9:49AM
1.41
8:39PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
0.96
1:44AM
-0.07
1:23PM
0.91
2:44AM
-0.08
2:33PM
0.80
3:33AM
-0.07
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:20----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151717161517171717191717151516151617171716161514
Feels °C (?)151616151517171717181717141516151615151516151413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Mendocino County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Virgin Creek (calm at Mendocino 21 km from Virgin Creek). 1.0m 8s swell from the NW with a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0.0
15.5
Air / Water (°C)
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