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Virginia

Croatan Beach

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

2.0ft

6s period

Swell

SE

127°

Windoffshore

7 mph

WNW

Tide

↑1.6 ft

rising

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

69% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SE

2.2ft

6s

86%

P2 (secondary)

E

0.7ft

10s

8%

P3 (tertiary)

ESE

0.6ft

11s

5%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellE 89°

WindW offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44099

Hs2.3 ft

Tp5s

DirESE

Water61°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:56:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

2.0

6s

SE127°

4mphoffshore

2.3ft↑

5am

2.1

6s

SE124°

13mphcross

2.9ft↓

8am

2.2

6s

ESE123°

9mphcross

0.7ft↓

11am

2.2

7s

ESE121°

19mphcross

0.1ft↑

2pm

2.3

7s

ESE118°

13mphcross

2.8ft↑

5pm

2.2

7s

ESE116°

7mphcross

4.1ft↓

8pm

2.1

7s

ESE116°

5mphoffshore

1.7ft↓

11pm

2.2

8s

ESE114°

7mphoffshore

-0.2ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.2

8s

ESE113°

9mphoffshore

1.5ft↑

5am

2.1

8s

ESE113°

13mphoffshore

3.2ft↓

8am

2.1

8s

ESE109°

13mphcross-off

1.3ft↓

11am

2.3

8s

ESE118°

12mphcross-off

-0.3ft↑

2pm

2.3

9s

ESE107°

8mphcross

2.0ft↑

5pm

2.2

10s

E85°

9mphcross-on

4.4ft↓

8pm

2.2

10s

E86°

7mphcross

2.7ft↓

11pm

2.1

9s

E85°

7mphcross

-0.2ft

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