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Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 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
12.3° C
 (Which is 8.6°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: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)444555666666667888844888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)71129506569989072534722832223322233
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
1.23
1:25AM
1.31
1:25PM
1.15
2:19AM
1.32
2:17PM
1.10
3:12AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:59PM
0.33
7:49AM
0.52
7:51PM
0.35
8:54AM
0.53
8:43PM
0.36
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise--------7:18-------7:18-------
Sunset--5:21-------5:22-------5:22-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C21212020202018191716148310-115556665
Feels °C (?)212019191918161713106-1-5-6-6-7-42123321
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