Croatan Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.79° N 75.96° W

Croatan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Croatan sea temperature is
26.2° C
0.9° 

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 (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 8PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (08 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 35°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
9
0.8
ENE
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.5
NE
8
0.6
ENE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.7
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
ENE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
28
21
23
32
22
21
70
31
42
30
22
22
41
47
39
29
14
11
16
11
16
31
32
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
5
WNW
15
SE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
2:43PM1.10m
3:00AM0.86m
3:43PM1.15m
4:05AM0.86m
4:45PM1.21m
5:10AM0.88m
Low Tide
8:19AM0.01m
9:14PM0.13m
9:12AM-0.01m
10:16PM0.09m
10:09AM-0.02m
11:19PM0.05m
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5:52
5:52
5:52
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8:24
8:24
8:23
8:23
 mm
1
Temp °C
25
25
25
24
23
24
24
25
28
32
35
33
30
28
27
27
30
33
32
28
28
25
24
24
Feels °C
27
27
26
26
25
27
27
28
31
33
34
34
31
28
28
28
31
35
33
31
30
26
25
25
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