Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 25 Jan 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
7.5° C
(Which is 3.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 11AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (25 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (25 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
SE
1.3
ESE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)667789999999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23322227829531534633932326423117813599774929293015161616179
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
15
SW
20
W
15
WSW
30
S
15
WNW
15
W
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:09PM
0.86
12:45AM
1.03
1:06PM
0.80
1:49AM
1.04
2:13PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
0.05
6:26PM
-0.05
7:21AM
0.06
7:23PM
-0.04
8:27AM
0.06
8:23PM
-0.04
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
Sunrise--7:11-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset----5:21-------5:22-------5:22---
light snow
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-474--5-1---------------
Temp. °C15780043320-10-1-3-6-7-8-8-30-1-1-1
Feels °C (?)-6-215-6-5-3-2-2-4-7-8-7-9-12-16-15-15-14-10-8-9-9-8
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