Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
7.0° C
(Which is 3.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 12AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.8
SSE
1
S
1.2
SSE
1.3
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)889977777688668845667788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3133395025171516293614142218262524479112696844529
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WNW
35
N
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
0.92
1:04PM
0.71
1:42AM
0.87
1:59PM
0.68
2:44AM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27PM
0.17
7:21AM
0.21
7:19PM
0.22
8:17AM
0.25
8:18PM
0.24
9:17AM
0.25
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-----7:22-------7:20-------7:18--
Sunset7:05-------7:06-------7:07-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------132
Temp. °C2122212020192124252322201919212627242222221864
Feels °C (?)21212019201819222221211918192025252220192017-2-4
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