Croatan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.79° N 75.96° W

Issued: 12 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Croatan sea temperature is

17.3°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Croatan today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 7AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	157	215	210	205	154	246	206	172	161	133	124	129	100	96	86	110	86	88	88	92	98	115	158	158	153	117	110
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	SW	WSW	WSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide			5:10AM1.21m				5:25PM1.01m				5:54AM1.25m				6:08PM0.99m				6:35AM1.27m				6:48PM0.98m
Low Tide	10:43PM0.07m				11:26AM0.10m				11:27PM0.05m				12:15PM0.08m				00:09AM0.04m				12:58PM0.07m				00:49AM0.04m


	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	4:59
mm	—	—	—	1	1	5	24	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	21	23	23	21	19	17	16	15	14	13	14	15	15	13	11	11	11	12	14	15	15	13	12	12	11
Feels °C	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	16	14	11	8	6	9	10	11	7	6	6	6	7	9	12	12	9	8	8	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	E 12	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10
kJ	157	3	193	144	154	194	206	172	161	133	124	129	100	96	86	110	86	88	88	92	98	115	158	158	153	117	110
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 6	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 4	NNW 4	N 3	—	—	SSW 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	1	—	—	1
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 4	—	N 5	N 5	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	S 4	SE 9	SSW 4	N 2	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 4	N 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	—	—	SW 3	WSW 3	W 3	W 3
kJ	6	215	210	205	10	246	13	1	9	14	46	80	57	39	24	15	31	41	26	19	9	—	—	2	6	7	5
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	North Jetty Georgia	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	The Cove at Sandy Hook New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	North End Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Fishermans Island Virginia	Rodanthe Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Croatan Virginia	Wedge Maryland	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Croatan Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Croatan Virginia
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	694	643	643	443	210	16	0	33	141	242	242	242	242	242	0	186	176	175	175	176	176	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia						Chincoteague	42nd St VA Beach	Fishermans Island							Camp Pendleton							Chincoteague	Chincoteague	North End	North End	Chincoteague	Chincoteague
Rating (10 max)						1	2	1							1							1	1	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Georgica Pond Long Island NY	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Swamis CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Topanga Point CAL - LA County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Malibu CAL - LA County	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Malibu CAL - LA County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3
Header Global	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Fullers United States	Haga-Haga South Africa	Brak River South Africa	Brak River South Africa	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Gerickes Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Back Beach New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Little River State Beach United States	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Arrawarra Australia	Steamer Lane-The Point United States	Ghost Tree United States	Ghost Tree United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ghost Tree United States
Rating (10 max)	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	6	9	9	9	8

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Croatan surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Croatan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Croatan today (06 Nov):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website