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Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 30 Jan 2026 EST
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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
10.1° C
 (Which is 10.5°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 9AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)111710161617171616168888991010111112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464555655513512986138185176196180164126107798182
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
35
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
1.68
5:03PM
1.30
5:49AM
1.72
6:00PM
1.36
6:40AM
1.74
6:53PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
0.25
11:16PM
0.03
12:16PM
0.20
12:11AM
0.00
1:03PM
0.16
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--7:11-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset----5:40-------5:42-------5:43---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C2236666310-11-1-4-7-7-6-7-6-4-2-2-3-4
Feels °C (?)-3-3-21000-4-7-8-9-6-8-12-16-17-16-17-15-13-10-8-10-11
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