Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 23 Mar 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
13.7° C
(Which is 7.1°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 10AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)666666666688887688855556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7784939175574429126228235265228155711373425202317
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
1.32
12:08AM
1.62
12:24PM
1.26
1:10AM
1.57
1:27PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
0.23
5:28PM
0.11
6:31AM
0.30
6:26PM
0.17
7:38AM
0.35
7:33PM
0.22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:09------
Sunset----7:25-------7:27-------7:27---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C18182125232215117467988887111416151515
Feels °C (?)1515182323181040-3-1133344371113131314
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