Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (11 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 2PM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Oct) | 8ft (2.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (11 Oct) | 6ft (1.9m) | 9s |
| Evening (11 Oct) | 6ft (1.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Sun morning, calm by Tue morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 11 | Monday 12 | Tuesday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NNE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 394 | 779 | 547 | 562 | 444 | 481 | 543 | 253 | 206 | 130 | 67 | 50 | 37 | 48 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 39 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 19 | 16 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:40AM1.32m | 8:52PM1.07m | 9:20AM1.30m | 9:32PM1.02m | 10:00AM1.25m | 10:13PM0.97m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:19AM0.02m | 2:58PM0.07m | 2:56AM0.05m | 3:38PM0.11m | 3:34AM0.10m | 4:19PM0.16m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | | |  | |  | | | |  | | | | | |
 | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 20 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 |
| kJ | — | — | 547 | 562 | 444 | 250 | 403 | 253 | 206 | 130 | 67 | 50 | 37 | 40 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 39 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 19 | 16 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 8 | S 5 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | — | SE 7 | SE 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 104 | 10 | 35 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 8 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 4 | SSE 7 | S 7 | — | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | — | — | — | SE 8 | SE 8 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | W 3 | NNW 4 | N 4 | NNE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 7 | SSE 3 | S 3 |
| kJ | 394 | 779 | — | — | — | 481 | 543 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 30 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | 7 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 910 | 910 | 0 | 43 | 175 | 175 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 242 | 137 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1689 | 622 | 1083 |
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