Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 24 Jul 2025 EDT
Forecast update in -1hr 20 min 28 s Forecast update imminent
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
81.0°F
(Which is 2.3°F warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 2PM is: 3ft 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jul)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (24 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (24 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

Updates in -1 hr 20 min 28 s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sun
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)
3.5
E
3
E
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
SE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
2.5
SE
2.5
SSE
1.5
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)776666666866646888888844
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)897066515139334023452623563332382622182123242528
Wind
(mph)
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (ft)
7:54AM
3.25
8:21PM
4.1
8:46AM
3.38
9:07PM
4
9:35AM
3.48
9:51PM
3.84
Low Tide
/ height (ft)
2:01AM
-0.03
1:53PM
-0.16
2:47AM
-0.1
2:45PM
-0.13
3:31AM
-0.13
3:34PM
0
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sun
27
Sunrise-6:01-------6:03-------6:03------
Sunset-----8:16-------8:15-------8:15--
clearclearclearpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudclearclearpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (in)
------------------------
Temp. °F757579797979797777778691908884848482848482797777
Feels °F (?)818182818182828182829095919188909088888884848282

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  1. weather stationWind Update light winds from the E at Oceana Naval Air Station Airport imply that is on-shore at Croatan. No surfable waves

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Onshore
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