Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 21 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
13.1° C
(Which is 7.6°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 4PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)1099999999955666666666668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)929058585655543939304410611910587879075734229157326
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
NW
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
1.45
10:18PM
1.68
10:33AM
1.39
11:11PM
1.66
11:26AM
1.32
12:08AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
0.05
4:35AM
0.17
4:36PM
0.07
5:30AM
0.23
5:28PM
0.11
6:31AM
0.30
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset--7:23-------7:24-------7:25-----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------11----
Temp. °C1823252122211918222522191919191921252115121198
Feels °C (?)15212319212019172123191616161616182320118522
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