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Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 03 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
12.1° C
(Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Croatan today?
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 9PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (03 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
| Evening (03 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 76 | 63 | 62 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 61 | 138 | 131 | 72 | 226 | 59 | 32 | 42 | 31 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 86 | 84 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:02PM 1.02 | 6:30AM 1.38 | 6:54PM 1.03 | 7:23AM 1.39 | 7:47PM 1.03 | 8:15AM 1.37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:02AM -0.16 | 1:01PM -0.13 | 12:55AM -0.18 | 1:53PM -0.13 | 1:47AM -0.18 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - |
| Sunset | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Feels °C (?) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -4 | -6 | -4 | -4 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
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