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K.O.A surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 EST
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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
4.2° C
 (Which is 12.5°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 4AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (03 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (03 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
1.3
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111111111111010105666677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61755838935934726824218318013313099999997605885156204246279427510
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WNW
20
NNW
25
NNE
30
NE
35
NNE
40
NNE
40
N
40
N
35
N
45
N
45
N
50
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
0.09
10:56AM
0.10
11:33PM
0.09
11:35AM
0.09
12:17AM
0.09
12:08PM
0.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
-0.03
6:26PM
-0.02
6:37AM
-0.03
7:10PM
-0.02
7:19AM
-0.02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise----7:00------6:58-------6:58----
Sunset------5:30-------5:31-------5:32-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-222131----
Temp. °C1233357789118754554333211
Feels °C (?)-6-5-5-4-3012335220-3-2-3-5-6-7-6-9-11-11
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