Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
10.9° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 8AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.4
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.5
E
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)666667454567774555588885
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1028671564684424036287060647759503737302462613464
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
S
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
1.19
8:38AM
0.99
8:59PM
1.19
9:15AM
0.96
9:37PM
1.17
9:52AM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
-0.05
2:41PM
-0.04
3:17AM
-0.03
3:16PM
-0.01
3:55AM
0.01
3:51PM
0.04
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:48-------6:47-------6:46----
Sunset------7:25-------7:27-------7:28-
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C201817172124252119181818212425211918171821252522
Feels °C (?)181615151922221918171717192121171615151619232119
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