Croatan Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.79° N 75.96° W

Issued: 7 pm 04 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Croatan sea temperature is
25.0° C

Normal for this time of year

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 (05 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 2AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (05 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (05 Jul)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 33°C on Sat night, min 24°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tue
7
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
8
0.7
SSE
4
0.7
S
4
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
4
0.3
ESE
8
0.5
SSE
5
0.3
ESE
9
0.9
SE
4
1.1
SE
5
1.2
SSE
5
1.1
S
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
14
16
18
14
14
14
13
24
31
33
25
16
13
16
22
49
64
62
26
18
18
18
18
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SE
25
S
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
11:39PM1.00m
12:14PM0.95m
00:22AM0.96m
12:59PM1.00m
1:08AM0.92m
1:48PM1.05m
Low Tide
5:31PM0.17m
6:00AM0.04m
6:22PM0.18m
6:43AM0.03m
7:17PM0.18m
7:29AM0.02m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:50
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:25
8:25
8:25
8:24
 mm
31
7
Temp °C
35
33
29
27
25
25
30
32
30
29
26
25
25
26
30
30
32
24
24
24
24
24
28
31
Feels °C
35
34
30
28
26
26
30
31
29
30
27
28
28
29
32
33
33
24
25
26
28
28
32
35
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.5
SSE
4
0.5
S
4
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
9
0.1
NE
4
0.2
ESE
9
1
S
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.5
SSE
5
0.5
SSE
5
0.5
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
Energy kJ
15
14
14
14
11
10
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
16
1
8
51
26
13
16
17
11
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.1
NE
4
0.1
NE
4
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
Energy kJ
14
14
1
1
8
18
18
18
18
18
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
7
0.2
ENE
7
Energy kJ
2
5
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
3
0.6
SSE
4
0.7
SSE
4
0.7
S
4
0.4
SW
3
0.2
WSW
3
0.5
S
4
0.6
S
3
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
4
0.6
SSE
4
0.5
SSE
5
0.5
SSE
5
0.9
SE
4
1.1
SE
5
1.2
SSE
5
1.1
S
5
0.3
WSW
3
Energy kJ
5
11
16
18
2
1
10
8
24
31
33
25
16
13
13
22
49
64
62
2
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
1365
1952
258
175
927
927
175
2847
1142
2892
196
137
1689
484
484
967
1142
95
0
0
137
137
137
137
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
9
9
9
8
7
6
5
5
6
5
5
5
9
8
8
8
7
8
5
5
5
7
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