Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (01 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 7PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (01 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Evening (01 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu night, min 24°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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) | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 12 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 29 | 46 | 69 | 66 | 64 | 88 | 85 | 74 | 78 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 31 | 39 | 37 | 28 | 27 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | on | glassy | cross | cross-off | off | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:16AM1.23m | 11:34PM1.02m | 12:04PM1.23m | 00:23AM0.97m | 12:57PM1.22m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:38PM0.14m | 5:40AM0.06m | 6:35PM0.17m | 6:32AM0.09m | 7:36PM0.20m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:29 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 27 |
Feels °C | 33 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 37 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 9 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 12 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 69 | 66 | 64 | 88 | 85 | 74 | 78 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 31 | 39 | 37 | 28 | 27 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | SSE 4 | S 4 | SW 3 | — | — | — | — | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 3 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 14 | SE 14 | E 8 | — | ESE 9 | — | — | SE 6 | SE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 4 | S 4 | SSW 4 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SE 7 | SSE 4 | S 4 | SSW 4 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | SW 3 | — | — | — | — | S 3 | S 3 | S 4 | WSW 3 | SW 4 | — | SSE 2 | S 3 |
| kJ | — | — | 22 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 138 | 145 | 1258 | 378 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1258 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 137 | 175 | 0 |
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