Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 31 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
15.2° C
(Which is 5.8°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 4PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)7777777777777777108888886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)636559777979626264535353665050491245110914212512512591
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
1.49
7:37AM
1.43
8:01PM
1.53
8:16AM
1.39
8:41PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.19
1:35AM
0.19
1:48PM
0.17
2:19AM
0.20
2:25PM
0.16
3:00AM
0.22
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise-------7:00-------6:58-------6:58
Sunset--7:31-------7:32-------7:32-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120201919191920212120201919202121222121212021
Feels °C (?)191917191718181919201920201918212120212120212021
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