Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 07 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
7.4° C
(Which is 4.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 1PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)888888121212126121211111133444555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8056443223101111111133322259182830374137
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
1.05
10:55PM
0.98
11:07AM
0.95
11:44PM
0.95
11:51AM
0.86
12:35AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
-0.06
4:46PM
-0.06
5:04AM
0.02
5:32PM
-0.01
6:00AM
0.09
6:19PM
0.04
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset----5:02-------5:04-------5:05---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1212141818131211988988891013151719181717
Feels °C (?)89101415109854465556710111416161516
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