K.O.A surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 23 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
13.4° C
(Which is 4.0°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 11PM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (23 Mar)5ft (1.5m)5s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
1.2
N
2
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.3
NE
2
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)846777888777788999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40512895536577237205854413362602171761641671941941721451301271279294
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
55
NNE
50
NNE
50
NNE
50
N
45
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
5
NNE
0
SSW
5
S
10
W
10
WNW
10
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.16
2:46PM
0.12
3:26AM
0.16
4:10PM
0.11
4:29AM
0.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
0.03
9:13AM
0.03
8:50PM
0.04
10:21AM
0.02
9:58PM
0.05
11:49AM
0.03
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----7:00-------6:58-------6:56--
Sunset7:15-------7:15-------7:16-------
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
23----------------------
Temp. °C1410975545567891011121315161615151515
Feels °C (?)14-1-2-4-7-6-6-4-301345671013161514131311
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