K.O.A surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 EDT
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K.O.A surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's K.O.A sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is 3.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at K.O.A today?

The current surf forecast for K.O.A at 1PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s

Table - waves today at K.O.A. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
S
1.4
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.5
E
1.2
N
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)688888866888888855666688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7210511111110896761081345453546663762109989677605555
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
30
SW
35
W
30
N
40
N
40
NNE
30
N
20
N
10
NNE
10
E
15
SSE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
0.13
1:01AM
0.17
12:21PM
0.13
1:32AM
0.17
1:06PM
0.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
0.06
7:27PM
0.04
8:24AM
0.07
7:23PM
0.05
9:03AM
0.07
7:21PM
0.05
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise-6:43-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset----7:24-------7:25-------7:27---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------494--------
Temp. °C212020212121212121202121201917131210989101114
Feels °C (?)2019181818191918171517151416128322256610
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