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Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 ESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
12.0° C
(Which is 2.8°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Croatan today?
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 11AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (05 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 5s |
| Evening (05 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
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 kJ (?) | 86 | 63 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 47 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 106 | 79 | 47 | 37 | 44 | 38 | 41 | 29 | 26 | 51 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 21 | 25 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:23AM 1.39 | 7:47PM 1.03 | 8:15AM 1.37 | 8:40PM 1.02 | 9:08AM 1.31 | 9:34PM 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:53PM -0.13 | 1:47AM -0.18 | 2:44PM -0.11 | 2:39AM -0.14 | 3:36PM -0.07 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Mon 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Feels °C (?) | -2 | -1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
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