Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 10 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
13.8° C
(Which is 6.7°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 1AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (11 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (11 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SW
1
SSW
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)888888884555566677778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7557442524243424255472729012414518110549241511111110
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
35
SW
25
NW
35
NNW
25
N
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
15
SE
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
1.30
1:53PM
1.05
2:43AM
1.29
2:51PM
1.05
3:39AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:05PM
0.40
8:22AM
0.55
8:03PM
0.43
9:27AM
0.55
9:06PM
0.43
10:25AM
0.52
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----7:28-------7:26-------7:26--
Sunset7:15-------7:15-------7:16-------
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------3--------
Temp. °C222123232222232322212121201920148988661013
Feels °C (?)2221232222222322201820201817161003441159
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