Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at K.O.A today (08 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ENE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with NE swell.
The current surf forecast for K.O.A at 7PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at K.O.A. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Thu night, min 24°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 127 | 101 | 99 | 79 | 75 | 65 | 49 | 47 | 27 | 27 | 64 | 64 | 54 | 25 | 54 | 54 | 65 | 54 | 39 | 33 | 32 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:12AM0.25m | 9:08PM0.27m | 9:15AM0.25m | 10:07PM0.28m | 10:10AM0.25m | 10:56PM0.28m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:27PM0.14m | 4:29AM0.17m | 4:24PM0.13m | 5:27AM0.17m | 5:14PM0.13m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 7 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 127 | 101 | 99 | 79 | 34 | 46 | 35 | 30 | 16 | 27 | 64 | 64 | 54 | 25 | 54 | 54 | 65 | 54 | 39 | 33 | 32 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 6 | NE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 |
| kJ | 13 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 75 | 65 | 49 | 47 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 8 | NE 6 | E 10 | E 10 | NE 6 | ENE 9 | NE 6 | NE 9 | NE 9 | — | — | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 20 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 13 | — | — | 8 | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 3 | S 3 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 33 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 149 | 1436 | 417 | 417 | 145 | 20 | 50 | 39 | 2064 | 1729 | 1729 | 417 | 417 | 417 | 581 | 68 | 68 | 320 | 476 | 309 | 299 |
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our K.O.A surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest