Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (22 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 11PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (22 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
| Evening (22 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 66mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 28°C on Wed night, min 20°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | NE 5 | SE 8 | ENE 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 78 | 74 | 210 | 134 | 96 | 36 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 25 | 30 | 33 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | glassy | off | off | off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 3:05PM1.03m | 3:08AM0.74m | 4:02PM1.02m | 4:12AM0.72m | 4:58PM1.03m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:36PM0.24m | 9:18AM0.17m | 10:33PM0.25m | 10:10AM0.20m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:16 | — |
mm | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Feels °C | 31 | 33 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 78 | 74 | 121 | 134 | 96 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 25 | 30 | 28 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | — | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 17 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | W 3 | — | — | — | S 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | WSW 3 | — | NNW 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 |
| kJ | 5 | 69 | 210 | 2 | — | 1 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 33 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 255 | 235 | 242 | 622 | 86 | 106 | 106 | 138 | 138 | 165 | 172 | 176 | 176 |
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