Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 28 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
15.4° C
(Which is 5.7°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: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.9
E
0.1
S
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)555859888877777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22106941220279363319298198143124110934488758375757791103
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:22AM
1.49
4:45PM
1.29
5:19AM
1.49
5:42PM
1.36
6:09AM
1.48
6:32PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
0.32
11:02PM
0.24
11:46AM
0.27
11:59PM
0.21
12:30PM
0.23
12:49AM
0.20
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise-7:05-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset----7:30-------7:30-------7:30---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C129812121086891415161616161617181819191920
Feels °C (?)7214431-1351011121314141416161617181719
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