Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 Mar 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
10.7° C
(Which is 9.8°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 2PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
1.1
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010101010910999955559
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)163967979777980821221201171259619657554342415259615356
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
1.39
9:34PM
1.48
9:45AM
1.30
10:18PM
1.44
10:26AM
1.22
11:04PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
0.23
3:14PM
0.19
3:48AM
0.30
3:52PM
0.24
4:34AM
0.38
4:32PM
0.30
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-6:35-------6:33-------6:33------
Sunset----6:12-------6:13-------6:14---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------------1--11
Temp. °C202021222222212120202121212020202020212221202020
Feels °C (?)222222222223222221212121212020191920212119202020
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