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Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 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
12.9° 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 7AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
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
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212181817161615151414131314141414131313131318
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)236177171165300290343509537627713618722627636674596596539396326265261340
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
0
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
0
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
NNE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassoffglassglasscross-
on		glasscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
1.40
9:32AM
2.00
11:56PM
1.44
10:10AM
2.02
12:24AM
1.48
10:48AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
1.03
4:48PM
-0.12
4:02AM
1.00
5:20PM
-0.14
4:43AM
0.95
5:52PM
-0.12
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---7:33-------7:31-------7:31----
Sunset-----5:16-------5:17-------5:19--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141313141514141314141314141312121312111212111111
Feels °C (?)121110121312131112131113121111111210910991010
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