Virgin Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
0.7
S
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.7
S
1.9
NW
2
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)1117101010167781010101010101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)297277267264363254383440844131314601477145314811401115611561020981769636520410325
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
NNE
0
N
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
0
N
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
0
SE
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
WSW
5
ENE
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49AM
1.41
8:39PM
1.79
10:26AM
1.48
9:37PM
1.79
10:58AM
1.55
10:28PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
-0.08
2:33PM
0.80
3:33AM
-0.07
3:30PM
0.67
4:15AM
-0.03
4:18PM
0.54
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise--6:56-------6:58-------6:58-----
Sunset-----7:20-------7:19-------7:16--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516171717161514141516161815151414141515151415
Feels °C (?)151516151616161413141614151814151414151414161416
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Mendocino County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Virgin Creek (calm at Little River wx 21 km from Virgin Creek). 0.9m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.9m 5s windswell from the NW and a 0.5m 5s windswell, also from the NW as well as a 0.4m 17s long period groundswell, also from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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