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K.O.A surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 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
6.2° C
 (Which is 10.6°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: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 2.0m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 3.0m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (01 Feb)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (01 Feb)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
NNE
4.5
NNE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
NE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)8911111212121112111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)203030272490216222432002142111441082917718604524452394485313341286238180180130130
Wind
(km/h)
80
N
75
NNW
70
NNW
55
NNW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22AM
0.10
10:10PM
0.09
10:12AM
0.10
10:52PM
0.09
10:56AM
0.10
11:33PM
0.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
-0.02
4:51PM
-0.03
5:08AM
-0.03
5:40PM
-0.02
5:54AM
-0.03
6:26PM
-0.02
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:00-----
Sunset----5:29-------5:30-------5:30---
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C0-3-5-5-4-2-1-3-3-4-4-2011122356888
Feels °C (?)-18-21-21-19-16-14-11-14-14-15-14-11-7-6-6-6-4-4-3-1-1110
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