Croatan Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.79° N 75.96° W

Croatan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Croatan sea temperature is
26.0°C
1.1° 

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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • 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) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 1AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 35°C on Thu afternoon, min 24°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
7
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.4
ESE
12
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
10
0.7
ESE
10
0.7
ESE
10
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
8
1
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
30
29
46
69
66
64
88
85
83
50
47
46
46
45
31
30
25
49
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
S
5
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
off
High Tide
11:34PM1.02m
12:04PM1.23m
00:23AM0.97m
12:57PM1.22m
Low Tide
5:38PM0.14m
5:40AM0.06m
6:35PM0.17m
6:32AM0.09m
7:36PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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>
7:31
7:30
7:29
 mm
2
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
30
29
28
26
25
25
29
31
30
28
28
26
25
25
29
34
35
33
28
Feels °C
31
31
30
28
27
28
32
33
32
31
32
29
27
27
31
36
37
35
31
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