Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
11.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Virgin Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Virgin Creek at 2PM is: 2.4m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
!
!
!
1
1
4
!
3
3
2
3
1
1
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NW
1.8
NW
2.4
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)7778999101091099910101010101012111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20031862313741440127112241714149113259069809391274109011121300852694659710638524471
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
0
NNE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
1.45
1:41AM
1.95
3:09PM
1.33
2:23AM
1.95
4:24PM
1.22
3:12AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
-0.04
7:15PM
0.50
8:30AM
-0.10
7:53PM
0.65
9:30AM
-0.12
8:38PM
0.79
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise7:16-------7:15-------7:13-------
Sunset---7:27-------7:28-------7:29----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12121112119999111010999991110109101112
Feels °C (?)895555677866887768677899
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