Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (30 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 8AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (30 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Evening (30 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 32°C on Tue afternoon, min 25°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 25 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 56 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 29 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:50AM1.19m | 10:06PM1.12m | 10:32AM1.22m | 10:49PM1.07m | 11:16AM1.23m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:34AM0.02m | 4:01PM0.09m | 4:12AM0.02m | 4:47PM0.11m | 4:54AM0.04m | 5:38PM0.14m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 29 |
Feels °C | 27 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 5 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 |
| kJ | 25 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 13 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 9 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | E 9 | NE 5 | — | — | — | E 15 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 29 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | — | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | — | — | E 8 | E 14 | SE 14 | — | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | — | 8 | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | — | — | ENE 4 | SSE 2 | SSE 2 | S 3 | SSW 3 | — | — | — | SE 7 | S 4 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 | S 3 | SSE 4 | S 4 |
| kJ | 17 | 16 | 12 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 56 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 572 | 138 | 78 | 78 | 138 | 2009 | 418 | 469 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 1078 | 1071 | 1137 | 1137 | 852 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 178 | 803 | 175 | 0 |
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