Croatan Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.79° N 75.96° W

Croatan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 19 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Croatan sea temperature is
26.8° C
1.0° 

Croatan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Croatan today (19 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 11AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 79mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 33°C on Tue afternoon, min 22°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SW by Tue night).

Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
6
0.5
SE
7
0.6
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.9
ENE
4
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
ESE
4
0.1
E
12
0.4
ESE
3
0.2
ESE
8
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
8
0.1
E
10
0.9
S
4
1.6
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
42
26
45
23
15
15
16
16
23
29
16
16
10
5
3
4
6
9
9
2
27
154
225
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
10
NE
10
E
10
E
15
S
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
S
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
5
W
30
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
on
on
cross
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
12:29PM1.10m
00:34AM0.96m
1:19PM1.08m
1:21AM0.87m
2:10PM1.05m
Low Tide
6:11AM-0.02m
6:44PM0.11m
6:58AM0.03m
7:42PM0.17m
7:44AM0.09m
8:39PM0.22m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:20
8:19
 mm
1
19
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
19
32
Temp °C
27
27
30
30
28
24
24
24
24
24
26
26
26
25
25
23
22
23
27
31
33
25
24
Feels °C
28
28
32
32
30
27
27
28
28
28
30
29
28
28
28
24
23
23
27
32
33
29
23
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