Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at K.O.A today (21 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for K.O.A at 10PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 21). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Evening (21 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at K.O.A. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 115mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Tue night, min 23°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Tue night, calm by Fri afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore 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 | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 5:42PM0.20m | 4:25AM0.21m | 6:36PM0.21m | 5:18AM0.20m | 7:25PM0.22m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:21PM0.13m | 12:23PM0.09m | 00:36AM0.14m | 1:13PM0.09m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:13 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 6 | 1 |
Temp °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
Feels °C | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | — | ESE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 |
| kJ | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 30 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 112 | 76 | 60 | 26 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 7 | S 7 | SSW 7 | S 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | — | — | W 3 |
| kJ | 95 | 130 | 284 | 360 | 427 | 475 | 345 | 342 | 299 | 293 | 284 | 255 | 247 | 220 | 182 | 155 | — | — | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1044 | 381 | 299 | 299 | 145 | 350 | 342 | 342 | 67 | 99 | 144 | 144 | 68 | 68 | 380 | 7 | 21 | 141 | 7 |
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