Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 30 Jan 2026 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
5.8° C
(Which is 5.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 2AM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Afternoon (31 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (31 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.4
NE
1.7
NNE
2.1
NE
2.3
NNE
2.5
NNE
3
NNE
3
NNE
3.5
NNE
3
NNE
1.6
NE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)4444555667778810101111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201419287487110170316479690882120514401808486855885831750698563408423
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
N
45
N
50
N
55
N
50
N
50
NNW
45
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
0.90
6:09AM
1.19
6:29PM
0.97
7:00AM
1.20
7:20PM
1.03
7:47AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
-0.16
12:34PM
-0.10
12:33AM
-0.19
1:21PM
-0.14
1:25AM
-0.21
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------7:05-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset5:25-------5:27-------5:28-------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-5-5-5-5-6-7-5-6-6-6-6-5-6-6-7-6-4-4-5-6-6-6-5-2
Feels °C (?)-11-12-12-13-14-15-14-15-16-17-17-18-19-19-20-17-14-13-14-15-14-14-13-9
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