Croatan Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.79° N 75.96° W

Croatan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 19 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Croatan sea temperature is
26.8° C
1.0° 

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 (19 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 8PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 82mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Tue afternoon, min 22°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ENE
4
0.4
ENE
4
0.4
NE
4
0.5
S
4
0.7
SSE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
1.1
S
5
1.6
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
23
23
15
15
24
16
16
16
16
16
6
6
4
8
42
13
9
55
154
220
Wind (km/h)
10
W
15
NE
10
E
10
E
10
SSW
20
WSW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
E
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
20
S
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
S
30
SSW
30
SW
Wind State
off
cross-on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:29PM1.10m
00:34AM0.96m
1:19PM1.08m
1:21AM0.87m
2:10PM1.05m
Low Tide
6:44PM0.11m
6:58AM0.03m
7:42PM0.17m
7:44AM0.09m
8:39PM0.22m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:20
8:19
 mm
3
15
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
10
2
1
4
29
Temp °C
31
30
27
24
23
22
23
23
25
26
26
25
24
23
23
23
27
32
30
27
23
Feels °C
34
32
30
26
25
23
26
27
29
29
29
29
25
23
23
24
28
32
31
27
22
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