Croatan Surf Forecast

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USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.79° N 75.96° W)

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Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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 23.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 4PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	8s
Evening (15 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	9s

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

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	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	547	634	804	980	1082	1156	1134	1179	1121	1436	560	527	307	317	217	187	165	155	142	151	113	122	89	82
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	W	W	WNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:02PM 1.18				3:30AM 0.91				4:16PM 1.16				4:44AM 0.96					5:22PM 1.16				5:45AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)	8:27AM 0.14				9:42PM 0.23				9:34AM 0.16				10:45PM 0.22				10:41AM 0.15					11:41PM 0.19

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	2	6	9	13	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20
Feels °C (?)	17	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	17	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	21	22	22	21	20	21	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Virginia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Croatan (fresh winds from the NE at Oceana Naval Air Station Airport 6 km from Croatan). A 2.3m swell from the ENE
2 hours 26 minutes ago Croatan

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2 h 26 min ago

31 km/h

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