Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (18 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 7PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (18 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
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) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 4 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 27 | 27 | 59 | 46 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | on | glassy | cross | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | on | cross-off |
High Tide | 12:38PM1.12m | 00:42AM0.87m | 1:26PM1.07m | 1:30AM0.81m | 2:19PM1.03m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:04PM0.23m | 7:00AM0.18m | 8:00PM0.28m | 7:49AM0.23m | 8:57PM0.31m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:49 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 15 | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 26 | 24 | 23 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 27 | 27 | 59 | 46 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | — | — | — | E 7 | E 6 |
| kJ | 6 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | E 6 | — | — | — | SE 5 | — | — | E 16 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NNE 2 | — | — | — | — | — | NNE 2 | ENE 3 | — | SE 2 | SSE 3 | SSE 3 | S 3 | SSE 3 | SSE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 79 | 138 | 594 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 137 | 137 | 175 | 292 | 803 | 299 | 794 | 418 | 540 | 469 | 462 | 1294 | 771 | 803 | 769 |
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