Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 01 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
13.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 01). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (01 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.4
S
1.8
S
2.1
S
2.5
S
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1112121211111111111111788910101010910111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5105555694864384303633563502972561873876121029292332552331200720842998389737373435
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
40
SE
40
SE
30
SE
40
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01PM
1.36
8:23AM
2.27
10:53PM
1.45
9:15AM
2.32
11:40PM
1.52
10:07AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:53AM
0.95
3:45PM
-0.39
2:53AM
0.95
4:33PM
-0.46
3:51AM
0.93
5:19PM
-0.47
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise---7:35-------7:35-------7:35----
Sunset-----5:01-------5:01-------5:02--
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
681121-1------1991--1213
Temp. °C131313131313131313141415151514141413131414141314
Feels °C (?)1111111110981010111010976867776668
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