Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 21 Apr 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
11.6° 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 9AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
3
4
4
4
2
1
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)121111111111101010101515141414141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1018777642619505427451370363369293372437396467538630103897510611110572341325
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
S
15
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
N
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
10
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononoffoffoffoffononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
1.94
4:31PM
1.23
2:52AM
1.83
5:45PM
1.24
3:58AM
1.70
6:53PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:16AM
-0.39
8:34PM
0.82
10:19AM
-0.31
9:50PM
0.87
11:25AM
-0.23
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--6:28-------6:28-------6:26-----
Sunset-----7:58-------7:59--------8:00-
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11121111----------------
Temp. °C1211111212121199991211111110989101011109
Feels °C (?)1088899976669778876876677
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