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Big Beach conditions

Weather, wind and available nearby ocean forecasts for Big Beach. Model forecasts are separate from station observations.

Coordinates: 33.906006, -78.3466687

Forecast sources and coverage

Times use America/New_York. Weather: available; marine forecast: unavailable. Regional model values are separate from station observations.

Forecast for Holden Beach Marina, 7.4 km from Big Beach. Local conditions can differ.

Weather fetched 2026-11-06T12:04:39.084Z.

Complete hourly weather forecast

Weather model in America/New_York
Time	Air °C	Wind km/h	Gust	Wind from °	Rain mm	Rain %	Pressure hPa
Nov 6, 12:00 a.m. EST	20.6	6.4	13.7 km/h	154.0	0.0	1.0	1014.6
Nov 6, 01:00 a.m. EST	20.4	7.4	13.7 km/h	149.0	0.0	2.0	1014.3
Nov 6, 02:00 a.m. EST	20.5	4.5	17.3 km/h	206.0	0.0	4.0	1014.1
Nov 6, 03:00 a.m. EST	20.6	10.2	25.9 km/h	186.0	0.0	5.0	1013.8
Nov 6, 04:00 a.m. EST	21.0	9.1	19.8 km/h	201.0	0.0	7.0	1013.3
Nov 6, 05:00 a.m. EST	20.8	10.1	18.7 km/h	196.0	0.0	3.0	1013.3
Nov 6, 06:00 a.m. EST	21.0	10.5	18.4 km/h	186.0	0.0	2.0	1013.1
Nov 6, 07:00 a.m. EST	20.6	12.2	27.4 km/h	176.9	0.0	5.0	1013.3
Nov 6, 08:00 a.m. EST	22.6	11.9	28.8 km/h	163.5	0.0	7.0	1013.4
Nov 6, 09:00 a.m. EST	24.0	14.4	30.6 km/h	183.7	0.1	12.0	1013.4
Nov 6, 10:00 a.m. EST	24.4	16.2	26.6 km/h	197.3	0.7	18.0	1013.2
Nov 6, 11:00 a.m. EST	24.3	15.1	25.9 km/h	200.3	0.2	18.0	1012.9
Nov 6, 12:00 p.m. EST	24.5	16.2	30.2 km/h	216.1	0.8	21.0	1012.2
Nov 6, 01:00 p.m. EST	22.8	15.1	33.1 km/h	218.2	0.3	29.0	1011.6
Nov 6, 02:00 p.m. EST	23.7	12.2	32.8 km/h	215.2	2.9	42.0	1011.0
Nov 6, 03:00 p.m. EST	20.9	15.1	26.6 km/h	223.0	1.9	39.0	1011.3
Nov 6, 04:00 p.m. EST	20.3	12.2	35.6 km/h	220.6	0.0	39.0	1011.1
Nov 6, 05:00 p.m. EST	20.1	7.2	38.9 km/h	184.3	0.2	49.0	1010.7
Nov 6, 06:00 p.m. EST	19.6	6.5	26.6 km/h	218.8	0.4	59.0	1011.3
Nov 6, 07:00 p.m. EST	19.3	10.4	29.2 km/h	225.6	0.8	44.0	1011.4
Nov 6, 08:00 p.m. EST	19.3	12.2	23.4 km/h	240.5	0.0	15.0	1011.3
Nov 6, 09:00 p.m. EST	19.0	12.6	28.1 km/h	265.3	0.0	11.0	1011.7
Nov 6, 10:00 p.m. EST	19.2	14.0	29.5 km/h	297.8	0.0	11.0	1011.7
Nov 6, 11:00 p.m. EST	19.4	10.4	29.9 km/h	331.3	0.0	8.0	1011.6
Nov 7, 12:00 a.m. EST	18.2	10.8	27.7 km/h	335.1	0.0	2.0	1011.4
Nov 7, 01:00 a.m. EST	17.1	12.6	26.6 km/h	338.8	0.0	1.0	1011.3
Nov 7, 02:00 a.m. EST	16.0	12.6	31.3 km/h	334.5	0.0	0.0	1011.3
Nov 7, 03:00 a.m. EST	15.0	13.3	35.3 km/h	336.5	0.0	0.0	1011.6
Nov 7, 04:00 a.m. EST	14.3	15.8	39.6 km/h	346.7	0.0	0.0	1011.9
Nov 7, 05:00 a.m. EST	13.5	16.2	40.0 km/h	352.1	0.0	0.0	1012.6
Nov 7, 06:00 a.m. EST	12.8	17.6	41.0 km/h	356.9	0.0	0.0	1013.2
Nov 7, 07:00 a.m. EST	12.4	19.1	50.8 km/h	358.0	0.0	0.0	1014.0
Nov 7, 08:00 a.m. EST	13.7	18.4	49.0 km/h	356.4	0.0	0.0	1014.9
Nov 7, 09:00 a.m. EST	15.6	22.0	42.8 km/h	359.5	0.0	0.0	1015.5
Nov 7, 10:00 a.m. EST	17.5	20.2	38.5 km/h	1.5	0.0	0.0	1015.7
Nov 7, 11:00 a.m. EST	19.0	18.7	29.9 km/h	4.4	0.0	0.0	1015.5
Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. EST	20.1	15.5	29.5 km/h	2.4	0.0	0.0	1015.1
Nov 7, 01:00 p.m. EST	20.7	13.7	25.2 km/h	356.2	0.0	0.0	1014.5
Nov 7, 02:00 p.m. EST	20.8	13.0	23.4 km/h	350.8	0.0	0.0	1014.1
Nov 7, 03:00 p.m. EST	20.4	13.3	22.0 km/h	345.2	0.0	0.0	1014.1
Nov 7, 04:00 p.m. EST	19.5	12.6	19.1 km/h	343.1	0.0	0.0	1014.5
Nov 7, 05:00 p.m. EST	16.8	10.1	20.2 km/h	338.3	0.0	0.0	1015.0
Nov 7, 06:00 p.m. EST	14.6	9.7	22.3 km/h	336.7	0.0	0.0	1015.9
Nov 7, 07:00 p.m. EST	13.8	10.1	29.5 km/h	350.9	0.0	0.0	1016.7
Nov 7, 08:00 p.m. EST	13.2	12.2	32.8 km/h	11.8	0.0	0.0	1017.3
Nov 7, 09:00 p.m. EST	12.6	13.0	30.6 km/h	13.0	0.0	0.0	1017.8
Nov 7, 10:00 p.m. EST	11.5	11.5	26.6 km/h	12.3	0.0	0.0	1018.2
Nov 7, 11:00 p.m. EST	10.6	10.8	25.0 km/h	9.8	0.0	0.0	1018.2

Shoreline adventures 2026-11-06

Coverage: available. Source: provider: NOAA; stationId: 8659665; locationName: Bowen Point, Shallotte Inlet; distanceKm: 2.6532021955133556; datum: MLLW. Times use America/New_York. These are forecast assessments, not beach access, harvesting permission or safe navigation boundaries.

Daylight shoreline outings

Weather assessments with separate tide coverage
Start	End	Score /10	Assessment	Wind min kn	Wind max kn	Gust	Rain mm	Tide coverage	Reasons
Nov 6, 08:00 a.m. EST	Nov 6, 10:00 a.m. EST	7.1	Good	6.4	7.8	16.5 kn	0.1	complete
Nov 6, 12:00 p.m. EST	Nov 6, 02:00 p.m. EST	7.0	Good	8.2	8.7	17.9 kn	0.8	complete	Rain reduces outing comfort

Shoreline tide predictions

Source high and low predictions; heights keep the source datum
Time	Tide	Height m
Nov 6, 05:00 a.m. EST	high	1.6
Nov 6, 11:22 a.m. EST	low	0.1
Nov 6, 05:15 p.m. EST	high	1.4
Nov 6, 11:36 p.m. EST	low	0.0

Relative low-tide crossing windows

These geometric crossings of 70% of the source high tide are separate from the daylight outing assessments above.

Predicted relative water-level crossings
Start	End	Prediction coverage	Daylight coverage	Weather coverage
Nov 5, 06:33 p.m. EST	Nov 6, 02:42 a.m. EST	complete	none	partial
Nov 6, 07:25 a.m. EST	Nov 6, 03:21 p.m. EST	complete	available	complete
Nov 6, 07:13 p.m. EST	Nov 7, 03:28 a.m. EST	complete	none	complete

Shoreline adventures 2026-11-07

Daylight shoreline outings

Weather assessments with separate tide coverage
Start	End	Score /10	Assessment	Wind min kn	Wind max kn	Gust	Rain mm	Tide coverage	Reasons
Nov 7, 10:00 a.m. EST	Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. EST	4.0	Fair	10.1	10.9	20.8 kn	0.0	complete	Wind limits outing comfort
Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. EST	Nov 7, 02:00 p.m. EST	8.9	Excellent	7.4	8.4	15.9 kn	0.0	complete

Shoreline tide predictions

Source high and low predictions; heights keep the source datum
Time	Tide	Height m
Nov 7, 05:50 a.m. EST	high	1.6
Nov 7, 12:10 p.m. EST	low	0.1
Nov 7, 06:02 p.m. EST	high	1.4

Relative low-tide crossing windows

These geometric crossings of 70% of the source high tide are separate from the daylight outing assessments above.

Predicted relative water-level crossings
Start	End	Prediction coverage	Daylight coverage	Weather coverage
Nov 6, 07:10 p.m. EST	Nov 7, 03:31 a.m. EST	complete	none	complete
Nov 7, 08:15 a.m. EST	Nov 7, 04:19 p.m. EST	complete	available	complete