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Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 12 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
7.7° C
 (Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 3AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (13 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.5
N
1.1
N
0.9
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.4
SE
0.4
NE
1
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
E
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)88556686478116667777103344
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)354111571473419143456929171157882492025
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
S
20
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:08PM
0.68
3:54AM
0.85
4:22PM
0.71
4:59AM
0.89
5:24PM
0.79
5:51AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
0.24
10:17AM
0.23
10:24PM
0.20
11:13AM
0.18
11:23PM
0.15
12:02PM
0.11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-----7:18-------7:16-------7:15--
Sunset7:07-------7:07-------7:08-------
mod snow
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C14565457121212111010121212999991113
Feels °C (?)-8-4-1210-1-14555567774443357
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