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Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 19 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
11.9° C
 (Which is 8.9°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 10AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
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
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)8888887778799999999910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)182340292828272626201428383837373637382760616159
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
1.59
7:43PM
1.28
8:12AM
1.59
8:26PM
1.32
8:50AM
1.56
9:10PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
0.19
1:58PM
0.29
1:46AM
0.19
2:33PM
0.27
2:26AM
0.21
3:09PM
0.25
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:15-----
Sunset----5:30-------5:30-------5:31---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C22468877301565444571112131414
Feels °C (?)-1-1002343-2-6-501-1-2-2-20388111314
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