Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 27 Mar 2026 EDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.3° C
(Which is 6.6°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: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.8
E
0.1
S
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)664445555557798888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2019182839465063231556511812793563202601611181029311388
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
1.50
3:41PM
1.23
4:22AM
1.49
4:45PM
1.29
5:19AM
1.49
5:42PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
0.36
9:58PM
0.25
10:56AM
0.32
11:02PM
0.24
11:46AM
0.27
11:59PM
0.21
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise-7:07-------7:05-------7:03------
Sunset----7:29-------7:30-------7:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C18182023212020121191013131198910141616161717
Feels °C (?)161618201918187623555324691213141515
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Holden Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest