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Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
17.2° C
 (Which is 5.7°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 11AM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (20 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

Table - waves today at Holden Beach. (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
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.3
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SSW
1.3
SW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313899499993444445556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44333333333346101727313347651244026
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.54
7:10PM
1.19
7:40AM
1.55
7:49PM
1.18
8:20AM
1.53
8:30PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31PM
0.30
1:13AM
0.21
2:10PM
0.31
1:50AM
0.23
2:48PM
0.34
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:48-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----5:06-------5:06-------5:06---
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clear
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clear
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part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141314171716171718192022212120202020192122222117
Feels °C (?)111011151515171719202123222019181819161921222116
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