Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (16 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 11AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (16 Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (16 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 4s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 91 | 90 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:56AM1.10m | 10:15PM1.24m | 10:48AM1.11m | 11:03PM1.16m | 11:39AM1.11m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:50AM-0.12m | 3:56PM-0.09m | 4:38AM-0.10m | 4:50PM-0.03m | 5:25AM-0.06m | 5:46PM0.04m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | |  | | |
 | 5:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:21 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 29 |
Feels °C | 25 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 13 | E 13 |
| kJ | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SSE 5 | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 4 | SE 4 | E 14 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 4 | NE 4 | E 13 | E 9 | E 9 |
| kJ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 16 | E 16 | — | — | E 15 | E 15 | — | — | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | E 14 | E 14 | S 4 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | E 13 | E 13 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 |
| kJ | 5 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 3 | SW 3 | — | SSW 3 | SSE 3 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | WSW 3 | — | — | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | — | — | SSE 2 | SSW 3 | S 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 5 |
| kJ | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 59 | 91 | 90 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 572 | 572 | 1271 | 1132 | 1147 | 487 | 540 | 572 | 572 | 1952 | 2310 | 1231 | 1239 | 1186 | 1132 | 1160 | 1073 | 1073 | 2892 | 2301 | 228 | 743 | 872 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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.
Nearest