Holden Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 25 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
14.1° C
(Which is 6.8°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 2PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)--
Afternoon (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.1
SE
1
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
SW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)768666666666666666445555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107893644337313225252642333926261918203550598786
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
5
SE
0
SSW
5
W
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
10
W
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27PM
1.21
2:15AM
1.53
2:34PM
1.20
3:20AM
1.50
3:41PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
0.35
7:33PM
0.22
8:50AM
0.37
8:47PM
0.25
9:57AM
0.36
9:58PM
0.25
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-7:09-------7:07-------7:07------
Sunset----7:27-------7:28-------7:29---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8712161717171717171919191919191818202321201911
Feels °C (?)43813151415161717181716181717161718201917196
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