Croatan surf break

Croatan surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
3.5° C
(Which is 7.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 4PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.4
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)121212121212677888887776676634
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150147147107106104881451911731231027760434127106744217
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
15
N
15
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
5
N
15
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
20
E
25
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
1.08
9:08PM
1.10
9:30AM
1.04
9:51PM
1.12
10:13AM
0.98
10:37PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
-0.13
3:21AM
-0.10
3:35PM
-0.12
4:09AM
-0.07
4:18PM
-0.09
5:02AM
-0.02
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:45-------6:43
Sunset--5:46-------5:47-------5:49-----
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-3-1---1--------------5
Temp. °C11101010991011121819181714121111121188787
Feels °C (?)97786689111717171410776874322-1
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