Holden Beach Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.91° N 78.18° W)

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Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 01 Sep 2025 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 27.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Holden Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Holden Beach at 3PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Afternoon (01 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Evening (01 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

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	Monday 01					Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	6	5	5	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	134	133	155	162	154	135	114	113	111	99	83	95	90	82	64	48	71	15	44	36	34	23	22	30
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	E	NE
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	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:03PM 1.31				3:09AM 1.06				3:58PM 1.36				4:05AM 1.10				4:49PM 1.42				4:58AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)	8:22AM 0.41				9:48PM 0.54				9:23AM 0.40				10:42PM 0.50				10:20AM 0.35					11:28PM 0.44

	Monday 01					Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	26	26	24	23	22	20	19	24	26	26	24	24	23	22	21	24	26	25	24	24	24	23	23
Feels °C (?)	20	23	24	23	22	21	19	18	22	24	24	24	24	23	22	21	22	23	22	23	23	24	24	25

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Holden Beach (moderate winds from the NE at Southport Airport 10 km from Holden Beach). 0.7m 8s swell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 13 minutes ago Holden Beach

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1 h 13 min ago

20 km/h

Cross-Off

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