Virgin Creek 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.47° N 123.81° W

Issued: 3 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Virgin Creek sea temperature is

17.0°C

Virgin Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Virgin Creek today (10 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with WNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Virgin Creek at 6PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (10 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Evening (10 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the S by Fri morning).
	Tue 10				Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	3	!	!	!	4	4	4	2	4	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	W 15	W 14	W 14	W 14	WNW 14	WNW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	2658	2507	2834	2665	2665	1713	1360	1817	1992	2304	3102	5529	5459	5755	5989	6155	6238	5699	5252	5127	4735	4053	3224
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NNE	NE	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	WSW	E	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	SSE	SSW	S	SSE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	10:44AM1.88m					1:04AM1.35m			11:16AM1.83m					1:52AM1.32m			11:51AM1.76m					2:44AM1.30m
Low Tide			5:53PM-0.18m				5:12AM0.92m				6:32PM-0.14m				5:49AM0.98m					7:14PM-0.08m			6:31AM1.01m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:56	—
	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	5:00
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	17	17	15	15	14	14	14	15	18	20	19	16	14	15	16	16
Feels °C	16	15	15	14	12	11	11	15	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	15	16	15	14	11	12	12	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	W 15	W 14	W 14	W 14	WNW 14	WNW 14
kJ	2658	2507	2834	2665	2665	1713	1360	1817	1992	2304	3102	5529	5459	5755	5989	6155	6238	5699	5252	5127	4735	4053	3224
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	NW 16	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	NW 13	NW 13	WNW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 17
kJ	104	384	103	102	138	711	732	118	88	93	183	183	136	136	134	133	131	123	120	101	99	67	112
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 11	SW 14	SSW 18	SSW 18	—	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 13	SSW 16	SSW 16	—	SSW 14	—	SSW 20	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	—
kJ	11	103	31	30	—	136	129	88	84	51	—	183	—	37	37	35	62	123	123	123	104	103	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 4	S 4	S 4	—	S 5	SSW 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	19	16	—	83	249
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	6	6	146	62	6	6	6	0	0	19	55	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	202	218	12	115	128
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Rating (10 max)	4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5			4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	6	6	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	6	5	5	5

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