Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 16 Nov 2025 EST
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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
13.3° C
(Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 11AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (16 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (16 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wed
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.5
NNE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.6
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1588888888814141414141444414141434
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)417343435251811117444444152012444813
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
WSW
30
W
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
ENE
5
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
1.10
5:00PM
0.91
5:29AM
1.14
5:40PM
0.90
6:06AM
1.17
6:18PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
0.17
10:59PM
0.11
11:49AM
0.14
11:38PM
0.10
12:30PM
0.12
12:16AM
0.09
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wed
19
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset----4:53-------4:52-------4:52---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---1-------------------5
Temp. °C17171918171411109781011111098881010111211
Feels °C (?)11121413106322013565434566778
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