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Croatan
United States Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
Croatan,
United States 6 Day Weather / Surf Forecast
Issued: 12 pm Thu 08 Jan
Days
0-3 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon
Icy conditions (max 14°C on Sat afternoon, min 0°C on Thu night) Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the N by Sat night)
Days
4-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry
Icy conditions (max 9°C on Tue afternoon, min -1°C on Sun morning) Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the SW by Tue morning)
Rating
Thu morn- ing
Thu after- noon
Thu night
Fri morn- ing
Fri after- noon
Fri night
Sat morn- ing
Sat after- noon
Sat night
Sun morn- ing
Sun after- noon
Sun night
Mon morn- ing
Mon after- noon
Mon night
Tue morn- ing
Tue after- noon
Tue night
Largest waves (m)& Period
-
12
4
4
6
7
-
11
11
5
6
7
7
7
7
10
10
10
Max-energy
0
6
71
44
6
1
0
2
0
128
111
78
44
27
12
10
10
4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State
cross- off
off
cross- off
cross- off
off
cross- off
cross- off
cross- off
cross- off
cross
cross
cross
cross- off
cross- off
cross- off
cross- off
off
off
Swell1 (m)& direction
-
-
-
SE
NNE
N
-
E
-
-
SE
NNE
NE
NE
NE
ENE
ESE
-
Period(s)
-
-
-
10
6
5
-
11
-
-
10
7
7
7
7
7
10
-
Swell2 (m)& direction
-
SE
SE
SE
-
N
-
-
E
SE
SE
ENE
SE
SE
SE
ESE
NE
SE
Period(s)
-
12
6
9
-
7
-
-
11
9
10
8
10
10
10
10
8
10
wind waves (m)/ dir
-
-
NNW
NNW
-
-
-
-
-
NNE
NNE
NNE
-
-
-
-
-
-
Period(s)
-
-
4
4
-
-
-
-
-
5
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
High
Tide height (m)
5:03PM
0.89
5:37AM
1.24
6:00PM
0.95
6:33AM
1.28
6:55PM
1.00
7:26AM
1.30
7:48PM
1.05
8:17AM
1.28
8:40PM
1.08
9:05AM
1.22
9:30PM
1.08
Low
Tide height (m)
11:09AM
-0.05
11:05PM
-0.15
12:07PM
-0.11
12:03AM
-0.21
1:00PM
-0.16
12:59AM
-0.25
1:50PM
-0.20
1:52AM
2:37PM
-0.20
2:44AM
-0.23
3:24PM
-0.19
3:36AM
-0.17
Note: the tide data above is for Inside channel, Rudee Inlet, Virginia which is 5 km away. For tide
graph click here...
Today's Sea Temperature:
13.3 (Statistics for 08 Jan 1981-2005 - mean:
11.8 max: 14.7°C min: 8.9°C)