Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
16.0° C
(Which is 5.0°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 12AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)--
Afternoon (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SSE
0.6
SE
1
S
1
S
1.2
SSE
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)778888888888566666666778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)938986911579311295981021344559661041161441391097666424751
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
W
10
SW
15
NW
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononononononononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
1.54
9:33AM
1.29
10:02PM
1.52
10:12AM
1.23
10:43PM
1.47
10:53AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
0.18
3:42AM
0.26
3:37PM
0.20
4:23AM
0.31
4:14PM
0.25
5:06AM
0.37
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:54-------6:54--
Sunset7:34-------7:35-------7:36-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------16111---
Temp. °C222121202020212222212021202122222119191814131417
Feels °C (?)2222222021202021222220201921201919191917108914
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