Holden Beach Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.91° N 78.18° W)

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Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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 25.1° C
(Which is 1.9°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 6AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	8s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	112	89	69	51	35	27	26	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	26	24	17	18
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	SW	SW	N	NNE	NNE	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			3:12AM 1.19				3:59PM 1.49				4:16AM 1.22				4:58PM 1.49					5:15AM 1.27				5:49PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32PM 0.38				9:28AM 0.24				10:35PM 0.36				10:33AM 0.24					11:29PM 0.32				11:31AM 0.22

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	18	17	21	24	22	18	17	16	16	17	20	24	25	24	23	23	22	22	24	26	25	25
Feels °C (?)	20	18	16	15	20	22	19	16	16	15	15	16	19	23	25	25	24	25	24	23	25	27	26	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update Offshore wind reported 10 km from Holden Beach (light winds from the NW at Southport Airport 10 km from Holden Beach). 0.8m 9s swell from the E to make surfable waves.
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