Croatan Surf Forecast

/ Virginia (12 breaks) / Virginia (12 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.79° N 75.96° W)

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Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 EDT

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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 20.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 8PM is: 1.6m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	5s

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

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	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	5	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	138	143	180	208	354	363	372	187	180	170	174	260	225	234	161	462	485	429	429	444	368	361	283	268
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	S	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 1.08				5:29AM 1.07				5:51PM 1.07				6:16AM 1.13				6:33PM 1.06				6:57AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)				11:13PM 0.19				11:32AM 0.18				11:59PM 0.15				12:25PM 0.16				12:39AM 0.12				1:11PM 0.14

	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	19	23
Feels °C (?)	9	9	7	6	5	5	6	8	10	11	13	11	11	11	12	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Virginia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Croatan (moderate winds from the NNW at Oceana Naval Air Station Airport 6 km from Croatan). 1.2m 10s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.
2 hours 21 minutes ago Croatan

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2 h 21 min ago

22 km/h

NNW

Cross-Off

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