Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 02 Mar 2026 EST
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Croatan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Croatan sea temperature is
4.4° C
(Which is 6.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 1AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (03 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)666778888788888888899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)185185176180192249270229191155146192202171181157160154193202176151158176
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
5
SE
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03PM
1.10
7:26AM
1.11
7:47PM
1.14
8:05AM
1.08
8:28PM
1.15
8:43AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
-0.14
1:37PM
-0.12
1:57AM
-0.13
2:15PM
-0.11
2:39AM
-0.09
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:31-------6:28--
Sunset5:58-------5:59-------6:00-------
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--22--------------------
Temp. °C33356781113141515141516202121191817161822
Feels °C (?)-4-4-213461013121313121314192020171615141519
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