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Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 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
12.5° C
 (Which is 8.2°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 7AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
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 (?)
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)566677699999984555666655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7114114783402510121212877317477382778881816141
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
5
NW
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
1.42
4:49PM
1.11
5:32AM
1.48
5:34PM
1.15
6:14AM
1.53
6:18PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:20PM
0.31
11:26AM
0.43
11:05PM
0.27
12:07PM
0.39
11:46PM
0.23
12:46PM
0.35
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----7:16-------7:16-------7:16---
Sunset------5:25-------5:27-------5:28-
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111096355310-1-21478910111213141514
Feels °C (?)5430-5-3-3-4-6-7-7-7-4-3113466891211
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