Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 EDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 2PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.2
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
1
N
1.1
N
1
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)555775448488855555546666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)343523161742263176151464256515751261321191410
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
40
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
10
NNE
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
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
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
1.03
10:10PM
1.34
10:40AM
0.99
11:02PM
1.29
11:33AM
0.95
11:57PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
-0.16
3:45PM
-0.12
4:40AM
-0.11
4:36PM
-0.08
5:36AM
-0.05
5:32PM
-0.02
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:24-------6:22-------6:22------
Sunset----7:40-------7:42-------7:43---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C21211310911121210914141413111099910108910
Feels °C (?)191952389106475654433465335
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