Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (04 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with NE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NE swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 12AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (04 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 5s |
| Evening (04 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 3 | Sunday 4 | Monday 5 | |||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NE 5 | E 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | N 4 | N 5 | NNE 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 51 | 42 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 59 | 61 | 42 | 46 | 28 | 28 | 51 | 68 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 2:14AM0.94m | 2:55PM1.17m | 3:28AM0.98m | 4:06PM1.16m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:28PM0.21m | 8:26AM0.15m | 9:31PM0.21m | 9:35AM0.14m | 10:31PM0.18m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:42 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 16 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | ESE 10 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 37 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 30 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 59 | 61 | 42 | 46 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 9 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | — | — | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 14 | SE 4 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 5 | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | 34 | 33 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 6 | S 6 | E 7 | — | — | E 15 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 4 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 | E 15 | E 15 |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 3 | NNW 3 | N 4 | N 4 | N 5 | NNE 5 |
| kJ | 51 | 42 | 35 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 51 | 68 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 242 | 252 | 176 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 292 | 280 | 356 | 292 | 356 |
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