Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 EDT
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Holden Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Holden Beach sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Holden Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Holden Beach at 7AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (22 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (22 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s

Table - waves today at Holden Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)666685445555544455555455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2618111095113141513321171320223138423022264439
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54PM
1.68
12:14PM
1.27
12:55AM
1.60
1:18PM
1.25
1:57AM
1.52
2:25PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
0.25
6:15PM
0.16
7:25AM
0.30
7:23PM
0.24
8:31AM
0.32
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:33-------6:31-------6:31----
Sunset------7:49-------7:49-------7:50-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161718182021212020191716212423202019181822232221
Feels °C (?)141517161818171716161413182019171717161620201918
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