Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Croatan today (14 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Croatan at 6AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 7s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Croatan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Wed night, strong winds from the NNW by Fri night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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) | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | S 4 | SSE 5 | ENE 8 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | S 4 | S 5 | SSE 6 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 38 | 45 | 40 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 44 | 65 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:41AM1.19m | 10:55PM0.92m | 11:23AM1.12m | 11:38PM0.87m | 12:08PM1.06m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:13AM0.17m | 5:02PM0.22m | 4:54AM0.23m | 5:48PM0.28m | 5:41AM0.30m | 6:39PM0.32m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:25 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 24 |
Feels °C | 21 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | NE 7 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 65 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | NE 6 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 4 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ENE 7 |
| kJ | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 10 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 8 | ESE 8 | — | E 10 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 10 | — | E 15 | E 15 | E 14 | ENE 8 | E 14 | E 14 | E 9 | E 16 | E 15 | E 15 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | S 4 | WSW 3 | W 2 | NNE 2 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | — | — | SW 3 | SSW 3 | S 4 | S 4 | S 5 | W 3 |
| kJ | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 30 | 38 | 45 | 40 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 44 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 746 | 745 | 292 | 295 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 526 | 572 | 1138 | 1138 | 1138 | 1141 | 1144 | 1144 | 106 | 92 | 0 | 78 | 10 | 1132 | 808 | 622 | 800 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Croatan surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest