Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 Oct 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
13.9° 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 12PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (20 Oct)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
4
4
4
6
7
!
!
!
!
!
4
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
1.3
WNW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)141413131312121212122120191817161616151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)538746813292291126012267176515471369127815273676507476987870547148954204315124801997173513101134
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
0
NNE
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
SW
5
WSW
0
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
WNW
10
W
5
NE
5
N
0
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
offoffcrossoncross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:02AM
1.76
11:59PM
1.43
11:25AM
1.78
12:44AM
1.39
11:49AM
1.78
1:29AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
0.09
5:09AM
0.56
6:03PM
0.01
5:38AM
0.67
6:39PM
-0.03
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise7:30-------7:31-------7:31-------
Sunset---6:29-------6:28-------6:25----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131614151617171716201616161515141416141613131212
Feels °C (?)111311131515151513181415141212121214131512131211
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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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). 2.8m 14s groundswell from the NW which is too big for here.

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21 km away, 1 h 40 min ago

2 km/h
N
0.0
13.9
Air / Water (°C)
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