Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 EST
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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
17.0° C
(Which is 5.9°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: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (18 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (18 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.2
SSW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)514141415151481414141444441314141313344
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)344444434444566634433233
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
1.49
5:52PM
1.21
6:23AM
1.53
6:31PM
1.20
7:02AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
0.25
12:14PM
0.32
12:01AM
0.23
12:53PM
0.30
12:37AM
0.21
1:31PM
0.30
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise---6:47-------6:48-------6:48----
Sunset------5:07-------5:07-------5:06-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151413121316151618191918192222212119191819201918
Feels °C (?)1111981013121316171817182021212017181817181817
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