Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at K.O.A today (22 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with E swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for K.O.A at 8PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 22). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Jul) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (22 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (22 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at K.O.A. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 96mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the W by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
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) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | 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 | 21 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 58 | 55 | 67 | 65 | 62 | 59 | 57 |
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 | cross-off | cross | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 6:36PM0.21m | 5:18AM0.20m | 7:25PM0.22m | 6:28AM0.19m | 8:11PM0.23m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:23PM0.09m | 00:36AM0.14m | 1:13PM0.09m | 1:56AM0.14m | 2:07PM0.09m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | | |  |  | | | |  | | | | | | |  |  | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:12 | — |
mm | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
Feels °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 21 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 176 | 95 | 59 | 31 | 35 | 29 | 55 | 67 | 65 | 62 | 59 | 57 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | N 5 | N 6 | SE 8 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 |
| kJ | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | N 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | S 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | — | — | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | WNW 3 | S 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | S 5 | S 5 |
| kJ | 340 | 298 | 330 | 290 | 255 | 253 | 245 | 212 | 205 | 238 | — | — | 48 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 46 | 32 | 44 | 37 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 350 | 144 | 99 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 68 | 68 | 39 | 21 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 141 | 179 |
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