K.O.A surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 12PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.4
SE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)666696667777888889991010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17212275472128343438473721221111111116416171706763
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
ENE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
45
SW
20
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
S
15
SE
20
S
20
SSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
0.15
2:10AM
0.20
3:04PM
0.15
3:07AM
0.20
4:49PM
0.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
0.05
8:00PM
0.08
9:43AM
0.05
9:17PM
0.09
10:48AM
0.05
10:42PM
0.09
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:18------
Sunset----7:38-------7:39-------7:40---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C101099910111315161719192020191716171819212020
Feels °C (?)3323455810101012111718151414161717181817
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