Croatan Jetty Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

0-1FT

Shin to knee

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

0.7FT9s
ESE108º
1.3FT5s
SSE148º
0.4FT7s
ESE106º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

5KTSWSW

9kts gusts, Offshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

0.2FT

Temperature

79°F

spotName Wind & Weather
77ºF

Rashguard

Tim Kent

Virginia Forecast

Tim Kent

Today

Minor clean surf early. Light+ varying onshores around a front with a bit more surf later.

Dawn-Midday: More barely loggable surf at best with clean conditions early this morning. Knee high at best.

Afternoon Outlook: Light varying onshore texture develops for the afternoon as a frontal boundary sags into the region. Just a little more size to the surf up to knee-thigh high or so late

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Croatan Jetty Surf Guide

Just across the inlet from 1st Street is one of V.B.'s nicest neighborhoods and most frustrating waves. Croatan is a predominant left breaking off a wooden groin linked to a rock jetty. It's infamous for disappearing lips. Somewhere during a bottom turn on what appears to be a well-formed wedge, the top of the wave mysteriously vanishes, leaving one stranded atop the ghost of a wave.

Croatan does have its moments, specifically at high tide during a nor'easter. The jetty to the north off... 
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