K.O.A 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.54° N 75.47° W

Issued: 7 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's K.O.A sea temperature is

26.2° C

K.O.A surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at K.O.A today (26 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for K.O.A at 1PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 26). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (26 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (26 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Tue night, min 22°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).
	Sunday 26							Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 5
Wave Graph
kJ	80	82	65	65	55	54	60	51	39	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	37	37	37	44	46	47	76
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	N	N	NNE	ENE	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide			8:52AM0.19m				9:40PM0.23m				9:47AM0.19m				10:24PM0.24m				10:32AM0.19m
Low Tide	4:08AM0.13m				3:59PM0.10m					5:02AM0.12m			4:50PM0.10m					5:51AM0.12m				5:35PM0.10m


	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	8:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:08	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	19
Temp °C	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	27	27	28	25
Feels °C	21	20	21	22	23	23	25	25	26	26	27	26	27	26	27	26	27	26	27	27	26	27	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9
kJ	80	82	65	65	55	54	60	51	39	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	37	16	37	44	46	47	29
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	2	1	1	1	27	22	18	19	20	20	20	11	11	11	11	8	5	37	5	5	5	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 12	E 12	—	—	S 6	—	S 5	S 6	S 6	—	—	S 6	—	—	ESE 9	E 11	NE 6	—	E 10	E 10	—	NE 6
kJ	—	3	3	—	—	2	—	5	5	5	—	—	2	—	—	9	2	5	—	2	2	—	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 5	S 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	—	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 5
kJ	36	39	27	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	5	11	14	11	12	12	—	10	10	15	40	76
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Croatan Virginia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Pelican Watch Carolina North	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	K.O.A Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	K.O.A Carolina North	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	Four Rocks Great Abaco	Whale Point Cut Eleuthera	White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) Massachusetts	52nd Street New Jersey	Outer Banks Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	S-Turns Carolina North	Tereza Santa Catarina - Sul	Harvey Cedars New Jersey	7 Presidents Street Park New Jersey	Holiday Beach Eleuthera
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	145	40	147	40	40	278	145	0	35	68	0	50	1010	1125	855	405	39	299	7	2626	476	547	1130
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Surf City Pier	Surf City Pier	Bogue Pier	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras	Fort Fisher		Chicahauk	Chicahauk	Chicahauk	S-Turns	Chicahauk					Chicahauk		S-Turns
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1					1		1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	5	5	5

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