Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 26 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 3.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 2AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 26). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (27 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.7
N
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)99999999999101011114111110101616155
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9977965030302016222289101191911119955414
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NW
5
WSW
10
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:06PM
0.80
1:49AM
1.04
2:13PM
0.77
2:59AM
1.07
3:24PM
0.78
4:09AM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
-0.04
8:27AM
0.06
8:23PM
-0.04
9:34AM
0.05
9:28PM
-0.07
10:40AM
0.01
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:07-
Sunset5:22-------5:22-------5:23-------
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C0-1-4-6-7-8-8-3000-1-2-5-6-5-3-3-2-2-2-3-5-4
Feels °C (?)-7-9-14-15-15-15-14-11-8-7-8-9-9-12-13-11-8-7-6-7-9-10-12-11
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