Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 EST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
13.6° C
(Which is 2.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 5AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
N
1.1
NNE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
N
0.8
N
Period(s) (?)456666666666666655564644
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41617780625242443030302019111166633912919
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
0
SW
5
WNW
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
1.19
7:34PM
0.88
7:58AM
1.17
8:13PM
0.87
8:37AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.09
1:44PM
0.10
1:30AM
0.09
2:20PM
0.11
2:08AM
0.12
2:58PM
0.13
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise---6:46-------6:47-------6:48----
Sunset------4:51-------4:51-------4:50-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------22
Temp. °C8988910101111111212131614151617181819222112
Feels °C (?)454557891010111011141213141515161721198
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