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K.O.A surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 EST
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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
15.2° C
 (Which is 5.3°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 10AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
N
1
N
1.1
NNE
1.1
NNE
0.9
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.9
N
1.3
N
1.6
N
Period(s) (?)66667777777766666710108456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6069101100758463635746382927161510443332585169
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
35
N
40
NNE
35
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:12AM
0.22
10:20PM
0.19
10:40AM
0.22
10:53PM
0.18
11:10AM
0.21
11:26PM
0.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
0.10
5:33PM
0.09
5:43AM
0.10
6:10PM
0.09
6:20AM
0.10
6:41PM
0.09
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------6:43------
Sunset----4:52-------4:52-------4:51---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------11----15--
Temp. °C141515141414141414141517192021202020192020161514
Feels °C (?)911101010121313131414151718181615151517171187
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