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Croatan surf Forecast / Virginia / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Apr 2024 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 14.0°C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 14.7 °C max: 18.3 °C min: 10.9 °C)
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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 14.0°C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 14.7 °C max: 18.3 °C min: 10.9 °C)


How big are the waves at Croatan today?

The current surf forecast for Croatan at 5AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.7
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
0.5
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1.2
NNE
1.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)988881413135567888888888888884777667456777777778888888899999955
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)252424232334311685383841051161361571802101731401401151081198765664426534529294530711461752691391169680667076806058434548495655393939405990
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
NW
15
N
20
NNE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
10
SW
5
WSW
5
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
5
SE
5
NW
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
0
ENE
5
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
ENE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
N
15
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
0.86
5:20PM
0.89
5:37AM
0.87
6:03PM
0.96
6:19AM
0.89
6:41PM
1.03
6:56AM
0.90
7:17PM
1.09
7:31AM
0.91
7:52PM
1.14
8:07AM
0.91
8:27PM
1.16
8:44AM
0.90
9:04PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23PM
0.22
11:00AM
0.19
11:20PM
0.19
11:43AM
0.15
12:10AM
0.15
12:21PM
0.12
12:54AM
0.10
12:56PM
0.08
1:33AM
0.06
1:30PM
0.05
2:11AM
0.03
2:04PM
0.03
2:47AM
0.01
2:39PM
0.03
3:24AM
0.02
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Sunrise---6:24-------6:22-------6:22-------6:20-------6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------6:16
Sunset------7:40-------7:42-------7:43-------7:44-------7:45-------7:45-------7:45-----
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Rain (mm)
-----------------1-------------115441-11----------------162-
Temp. °C222120182223221210109101012121112131414131214151514121111101099101010101110111110101114151413131313131822232114141211
Feels °C (?)191818162020188565771010910111414118101313976877676666891097791212109999914181919111275

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