Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 EST
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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
3.8° C
(Which is 6.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 4PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 25). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)151515888888886886666885766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20201717455534349022104312010257403425181610131114
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
30
SSW
30
SW
30
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
0.78
2:44AM
1.03
3:14PM
0.80
4:00AM
1.05
4:25PM
0.86
5:04AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.09
8:09PM
0.01
9:20AM
0.09
9:18PM
-0.01
10:26AM
0.06
10:26PM
-0.04
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:37-------6:35
Sunset--5:52-------5:53-------5:54-----
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------87241-----------
Temp. °C7111312111211101012142222224446889
Feels °C (?)05775877679-6-3-3-3-3-3-1-103667
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