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Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 PST
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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
13.0° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 11AM is: 1.9m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)17s
Afternoon (14 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (14 Jan)7ft (2.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)121212171616151414141413131313131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1100956736172924442567229320041597144312971032875771771673573564539446439365359294
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ENE
0
ENE
0
ENE
10
NW
5
NNW
0
NE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on		glassglassglassoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffglassoncross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
1.87
10:24PM
1.30
8:10AM
1.91
10:58PM
1.36
8:52AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51AM
1.05
3:00PM
0.07
1:48AM
1.07
3:39PM
-0.01
2:37AM
1.06
4:14PM
-0.07
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---7:33-------7:33-------7:33----
Sunset-----5:14-------5:15-------5:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121212121211131313131415151415141414141516141313
Feels °C (?)1010101199131212111113131214131211101214121212
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