Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
14.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 1PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.5
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
N
0.7
NNE
0.7
N
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
1
N
1.1
NNE
Period(s) (?)888844444577555778884445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1511112816262529303413166222258566620194164
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
S
10
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
40
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
10
N
0
W
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
NNW
20
N
5
NNE
5
E
20
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
1.06
9:21PM
1.36
9:50AM
1.03
10:10PM
1.34
10:40AM
0.99
11:02PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
-0.17
2:59PM
-0.14
3:49AM
-0.16
3:45PM
-0.12
4:40AM
-0.11
4:36PM
-0.08
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:26-------6:24-------6:22------
Sunset----7:39-------7:40-------7:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C212124242221212120211299101111109121113121211
Feels °C (?)21212321181818181719403797547510965
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