Croatan Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.79° N 75.96° W

Croatan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Croatan sea temperature is
27.1°C
2.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Croatan today (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 35°C on Fri afternoon, min 23°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.7
S
4
0.5
S
5
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.7
S
5
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
S
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.6
NE
3
0.5
NE
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
46
46
45
31
30
28
27
20
13
13
13
17
17
22
24
26
17
8
6
6
6
9
7
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
5
ESE
20
ESE
15
SSE
15
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
15
ESE
10
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NE
15
E
5
ESE
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
High Tide
12:57PM1.22m
1:18AM0.93m
1:58PM1.20m
2:22AM0.91m
3:06PM1.19m
Low Tide
6:32AM0.09m
7:36PM0.20m
7:31AM0.11m
8:40PM0.21m
8:34AM0.12m
9:45PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:29
7:28
7:25
 mm
7
1
Temp °C
26
26
30
32
30
31
28
27
25
25
30
35
32
25
23
26
26
25
26
27
27
26
25
Feels °C
32
31
33
35
32
33
30
29
26
27
31
36
33
26
22
27
27
26
26
27
26
26
27
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