Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (25 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ENE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 3AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (25 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 6s |
| Evening (25 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 25°C on Mon morning, min 21°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | E 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 32 | 33 | 46 | 76 | 66 | 65 | 51 | 55 | 44 | 70 | 55 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 37 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:58PM1.03m | 5:15AM0.73m | 5:50PM1.05m | 6:09AM0.76m | 6:37PM1.08m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:29PM0.24m | 11:04AM0.20m | 00:21AM0.21m | 11:58AM0.18m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:15 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 |
Feels °C | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ENE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 31 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 44 | 70 | 55 | 21 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 26 | 37 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | — | — | ENE 6 | — | — | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 35 | 33 | 33 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 35 | 34 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | E 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | — | — | — | — | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 32 | 33 | 46 | 76 | 66 | 65 | 51 | 55 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 23 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 119 | 138 | 145 | 176 | 145 | 138 | 299 | 119 | 176 | 242 | 242 | 242 | 176 | 242 | 242 | 242 | 797 | 632 | 176 |
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