Holden Beach Tide Chart
Predicted water level and next low tide, Holden Beach
Monday, November 9, 3:37 PM
Highest on November 9, 5.7 ft at 7:02 AM
1.5 ft
Rising, high tide at 7:12 PM
Next low tide1:23 AM
November 10, 0.0 ft
Tide table on Monday, November 9
- 12:44 AMLow tide−0.1 ft
- 7:02 AMHigh tide5.7 ft
- 1:22 PMLow tide0.1 ft
- 7:12 PMHigh tide4.4 ft
Tide chart for Monday, November 9
Holden Beach tide table for 7 daysNightHeights in feet above mean lower low water
Predictions from NOAA station Sunset Beach Pier, 20 km west of Holden Beach. These are predictions, not live readings. How we use NOAA tide data
NOAA has no prediction point on Holden Beach’s ocean shore, so these tide tables for Holden Beach, NC, borrow the Sunset Beach Pier station, about 20 km west along the coast. NOAA kept a gauge at that pier from October 1974 to March 2008.
Low tide leads here: the next one is the big number at the top, and the week’s lows come first in the table. Read this tide chart for Holden Beach, NC, for the ocean side of the island.
When is low tide at Holden Beach this week?
The lowest water of these 7 days at Holden Beach comes on Monday, November 9, at 12:44 AM: −0.1 ft, before sunrise, a minus tide.
The biggest swing and the highest tide land on the same day, Monday, November 9: 5.8 ft between high and low, topping out at 5.7 ft at 7:02 AM.
Predicted tide from Monday, November 9 to Sunday, November 15. The water ranges from −0.1 ft on Monday, November 9, at 12:44 AM to 5.7 ft on Monday, November 9, at 7:02 AM.
Shaded parts are night.
| Date | Low tides | High tides | Sunrise | Sunset | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 | 12:44 AM, −0.1 ft1:22 PM, 0.1 ft | 7:02 AM, 5.7 ft7:12 PM, 4.4 ft | 6:40 AM | 5:14 PM | New moon at 2:02 AM |
| Tue 10 | 1:23 AM, 0.0 ft2:01 PM, 0.2 ft | 7:39 AM, 5.5 ft7:47 PM, 4.3 ft | 6:41 AM | 5:13 PM | Waxing crescent, 2% lit |
| Wed 11 | 2:00 AM, 0.1 ft2:39 PM, 0.4 ft | 8:16 AM, 5.3 ft8:22 PM, 4.1 ft | 6:42 AM | 5:12 PM | Waxing crescent, 6% lit |
| Thu 12 | 2:38 AM, 0.3 ft3:17 PM, 0.5 ft | 8:56 AM, 5.1 ft9:00 PM, 3.9 ft | 6:43 AM | 5:12 PM | Waxing crescent, 11% lit |
| Fri 13 | 3:15 AM, 0.5 ft3:56 PM, 0.7 ft | 9:39 AM, 4.8 ft9:47 PM, 3.7 ft | 6:44 AM | 5:11 PM | Waxing crescent, 17% lit |
| Sat 14 | 3:54 AM, 0.7 ft4:38 PM, 0.8 ft | 10:28 AM, 4.6 ft10:41 PM, 3.6 ft | 6:45 AM | 5:10 PM | Waxing crescent, 25% lit |
| Sun 15 | 4:34 AM, 0.9 ft5:23 PM, 0.9 ft | 11:19 AM, 4.5 ft11:37 PM, 3.6 ft | 6:46 AM | 5:10 PM | Waxing crescent, 33% lit |
Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
Daylight low tides at Holden Beach
Sunday, November 15 is the only day from November 9 to November 15 without a low tide in daylight at Holden Beach.
They lean toward the afternoon, 6 of 6 after 12 PM, with each day's arriving about 39 minutes later.
The lowest is 0.1 ft on Monday, November 9, at 1:22 PM, 3 h 52 min before sunset; none reaches 0.0 ft.
| Date | Daylight low tide | Light |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 | 1:22 PM, 0.1 ft | 3 h 52 min before sunset |
| Tue 10 | 2:01 PM, 0.2 ft | 3 h 12 min before sunset |
| Wed 11 | 2:39 PM, 0.4 ft | 2 h 33 min before sunset |
| Thu 12 | 3:17 PM, 0.5 ft | 1 h 55 min before sunset |
| Fri 13 | 3:56 PM, 0.7 ft | 1 h 15 min before sunset |
| Sat 14 | 4:38 PM, 0.8 ft | 32 min before sunset |
| Sun 15 | None | None |
Light: time from sunrise or sunset, whichever is nearer; sunrise and sunset are in the 7-day table. A dash means no low tide in daylight that day. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
A low tide in daylight is also the hour boaters in Lockwood Folly Inlet, the narrow passage between Holden Beach and Oak Island at the east end, have to respect. In February 2020 an Army Corps of Engineers survey found most of the inlet less than six feet deep at low tide and some spots only about three feet, WECT reported; the Corps maintains the inlet and dredges it to keep it navigable, and the survey came while the inlet was waiting for its next dredging. Check the next low before running the inlet in a boat with any draft.
Holden Beach tide tables for November and December
Each day shows its lowest low tide between sunrise and sunset, in feet. The deeper the blue, the lower that tide.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 1: no low tide in daylight | Monday, November 2: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 7:10 AM | Tuesday, November 3: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 8:24 AM | Wednesday, November 4: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 9:27 AM | Thursday, November 5: lowest daylight tide 0.1 ft at 10:21 AM | Friday, November 6: lowest daylight tide 0.0 ft at 11:11 AM | Saturday, November 7: lowest daylight tide 0.0 ft at 11:57 AM |
| Sunday, November 8: lowest daylight tide 0.0 ft at 12:41 PM | Monday, November 9: lowest daylight tide 0.1 ft at 1:22 PM | Tuesday, November 10: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 2:01 PM | Wednesday, November 11: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 2:39 PM | Thursday, November 12: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 3:17 PM | Friday, November 13: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 3:56 PM | Saturday, November 14: lowest daylight tide 0.8 ft at 4:38 PM |
| Sunday, November 15: no low tide in daylight | Monday, November 16: no low tide in daylight | Tuesday, November 17: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, November 18: lowest daylight tide 1.1 ft at 7:21 AM | Thursday, November 19: lowest daylight tide 0.9 ft at 8:33 AM | Friday, November 20: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 9:34 AM | Saturday, November 21: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 10:28 AM |
| Sunday, November 22: lowest daylight tide 0.1 ft at 11:21 AM | Monday, November 23: lowest daylight tide −0.2 ft at 12:14 PM | Tuesday, November 24: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 1:07 PM | Wednesday, November 25: lowest daylight tide −0.5 ft at 1:59 PM | Thursday, November 26: lowest daylight tide −0.5 ft at 2:52 PM | Friday, November 27: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 3:45 PM | Saturday, November 28: lowest daylight tide −0.3 ft at 4:39 PM |
| Sunday, November 29: no low tide in daylight | Monday, November 30: no low tide in daylight |
In November, the lowest daylight tide is −0.5 ft on Thursday, November 26 at 2:52 PM, below the 0.0 ft line.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, December 1: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, December 2: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 8:01 AM | Thursday, December 3: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 9:07 AM | Friday, December 4: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 10:02 AM | Saturday, December 5: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 10:52 AM | ||
| Sunday, December 6: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 11:38 AM | Monday, December 7: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 12:21 PM | Tuesday, December 8: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 1:02 PM | Wednesday, December 9: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 1:41 PM | Thursday, December 10: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 2:19 PM | Friday, December 11: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 2:56 PM | Saturday, December 12: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 3:34 PM |
| Sunday, December 13: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 4:11 PM | Monday, December 14: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 4:50 PM | Tuesday, December 15: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, December 16: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, December 17: no low tide in daylight | Friday, December 18: lowest daylight tide 0.9 ft at 7:44 AM | Saturday, December 19: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 8:59 AM |
| Sunday, December 20: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 10:02 AM | Monday, December 21: lowest daylight tide 0.1 ft at 11:00 AM | Tuesday, December 22: lowest daylight tide −0.2 ft at 11:57 AM | Wednesday, December 23: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 12:52 PM | Thursday, December 24: lowest daylight tide −0.7 ft at 1:45 PM | Friday, December 25: lowest daylight tide −0.8 ft at 2:36 PM | Saturday, December 26: lowest daylight tide −0.7 ft at 3:27 PM |
| Sunday, December 27: lowest daylight tide −0.6 ft at 4:17 PM | Monday, December 28: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 5:07 PM | Tuesday, December 29: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, December 30: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, December 31: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 7:29 AM |
Below zero in daylight: −0.8 ft on Friday, December 25 at 2:36 PM, the low point of December.
November at Holden Beach: the month's biggest and smallest tides
November's highest and lowest tides at Holden Beach come 1 day apart: 6.4 ft on Wednesday, November 25, at 7:20 AM and −1.0 ft on Thursday, November 26, at 1:56 AM.
It arrives before sunrise, while it is still dark.
The daily range, from each day's highest high to its lowest low, averages 5.3 ft in November, about the same as in December.
The month's spring tide peaks on Wednesday, November 25, 1 day after the full moon on November 24, with 7.4 ft between high and low water.
The smallest, 3.5 ft on Monday, November 16, comes 1 day before the first quarter moon on November 17: a neap tide, when highs and lows draw closer together.
Spring and neap ranges differ by more than a factor of two.
| Measure | Value | When |
|---|---|---|
| Highest high | 6.4 ft | Nov 25, 7:20 AM |
| Lowest low | −1.0 ft | Nov 26, 1:56 AM |
| Average range | 5.3 ft | 30 days |
| Spring tide range | 7.4 ft | Nov 25 (1 day after full moon) |
| Neap tide range | 3.5 ft | Nov 16 (1 day before first quarter moon) |
Range: a day's highest high tide minus its lowest low tide. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
High tide at Holden Beach
- Next high tide at Holden Beach
- Next: Monday, November 9 at 7:12 PM, 4.4 ft
- Next low tide at Holden Beach
- Next: Tuesday, November 10 at 1:23 AM, 0.0 ft
In the next 30 days (November 9 to December 8), the highest tide at Holden Beach is 6.4 ft on Wednesday, November 25, at 7:20 AM. Daylight gets 3 of the 5 highest; the rest come at night.
| Date | High tide | Height | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 9 | 7:12 PM | 4.4 ft | After dark |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 7:39 AM | 5.5 ft | Daylight |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 7:47 PM | 4.3 ft | After dark |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 8:16 AM | 5.3 ft | Daylight |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 8:22 PM | 4.1 ft | After dark |
| Thursday, November 12 | 8:56 AM | 5.1 ft | Daylight |
| Thursday, November 12 | 9:00 PM | 3.9 ft | After dark |
| Friday, November 13 | 9:39 AM | 4.8 ft | Daylight |
| Friday, November 13 | 9:47 PM | 3.7 ft | After dark |
| Saturday, November 14 | 10:28 AM | 4.6 ft | Daylight |
| Date | High tide | Height | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, November 25 | 7:20 AM | 6.4 ft | Daylight |
| Thursday, November 26 | 8:11 AM | 6.4 ft | Daylight |
| Tuesday, November 24 | 6:30 AM | 6.3 ft | After dark |
| Friday, November 27 | 9:06 AM | 6.2 ft | Daylight |
| Monday, November 23 | 5:39 AM | 6.0 ft | After dark |
Highest high tide of each day, top five. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
Why Holden Beach uses the Sunset Beach Pier station
Sunset Beach Pier is a harmonic station: NOAA predicts it from its own harmonic constants, every 6 minutes, and the curves here plot those values.
At 20 km west of Holden Beach, the station is a long way from the beach, so times and heights there can differ from these predictions.
Each tide comes about 52 minutes later than the day before, so 7 of the 53 days from November 9 to December 31 have only three tides between midnight and midnight.
Why a pier 20 km away? The two NOAA points nearer the beach both sit off the ocean. Bowen Point, on Shallotte Inlet to the west, ran about 25 minutes behind Sunset Beach Pier over the 30 days from October 21, 2026, and Varnamtown, on the Lockwoods Folly River to the east, more than an hour behind. The ocean piers on either side of Holden Beach, Sunset Beach to the west and Oak Island’s Yaupon Beach to the east, agreed on timing to within a few minutes, so the times here should hold on the Holden Beach sand.
Heights are less certain. Sunset Beach Pier’s low tides ran about 0.4 ft below Yaupon Beach’s, so a minus tide on this page may be a few tenths of a foot more or less deep on Holden Beach itself.
Over NOAA’s 1983 to 2001 reference period, Sunset Beach Pier’s higher high and lower low averaged 5.52 ft apart each day, a quarter of a foot more than at Yaupon Beach on Oak Island. That wider swing at the western pier is one more reason to treat the depth of the lows here as approximate.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| NOAA station | Sunset Beach Pier |
| Station ID | 8659897 |
| Type | Harmonic |
| Distance | 20 km west |
| Curve | NOAA 6-minute series |
| Datum | MLLW, feet |
Distance in a straight line from the point this page uses for Holden Beach (33.91° N, 78.30° W).
Holden Beach and Oak Island
Holden Beach and Oak Island
Pairing 58 high tides from November 9 to December 8, Sunset Beach Pier runs a median 2 minutes later than Oak Island, Yaupon Beach at high tide (6 minutes earlier to 8 minutes later) and 5 minutes later at low tide (14 minutes earlier to 8 minutes later).
At Holden Beach, the highs sit 0.1 ft lower and the lows 0.3 ft lower by comparison.
Because each station has its own prediction, the gap is not fixed: it moves over a range of 22 minutes.
| Compared with | High tide time | Low tide time | High tide height | Low tide height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Island (Oak Island, Yaupon Beach) | Median +2 min (−6 to +8) | Median +5 min (−14 to +8) | 0.1 ft lower | 0.3 ft lower |
How Holden Beach's tides compare: later or earlier, higher or lower than the station named in the first column. Heights in feet.
Common questions about Holden Beach tides
When is low tide at Holden Beach today?
On Monday, November 9, low tide at Holden Beach is at 12:44 AM (−0.1 ft) and 1:22 PM (0.1 ft). The lower one is at 12:44 AM.
When is high tide at Holden Beach?
As of Monday, November 9, the next high tide at Holden Beach is Monday, November 9 at 7:12 PM, 4.4 ft. The one after that is Tuesday, November 10 at 7:39 AM, 5.5 ft. Holden Beach has two high tides on each of the next 7 days.