Croatan Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.79° N 75.96° W

Croatan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Croatan sea temperature is
26.8°C
2.0° 

Croatan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Croatan today (02 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 11PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)--
Afternoon (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (02 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 35°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu night, calm by Fri afternoon).

Wed
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ESE
10
0.5
ESE
10
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.7
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.9
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
85
54
50
47
46
46
45
39
30
28
23
20
13
13
13
17
17
13
46
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
10
E
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
S
10
S
10
S
15
ESE
25
SSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
10
SW
0
SSW
10
W
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
cross-off
High Tide
00:23AM0.97m
12:57PM1.22m
1:18AM0.93m
1:58PM1.20m
Low Tide
6:35PM0.17m
6:32AM0.09m
7:36PM0.20m
7:31AM0.11m
8:40PM0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:29
7:28
 mm
4
1
Temp °C
28
26
26
26
26
26
29
33
34
30
26
26
25
25
30
34
35
26
24
Feels °C
31
30
30
31
31
31
32
35
36
30
26
25
27
29
32
35
38
29
25
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