Big Beach
Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:29 pm7.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.5
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.1
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.3
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8.3
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
8.3
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8.3
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
8.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.3
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 9°C48°F
- Water
- 21°C70°F
- Wind
- 138 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 2616 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.6 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:29 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 5 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 11 am, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 5 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 12 am, -0.8 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 4 km2.5 miHolden Beach (village)
- Nearest airport
- 36 km22 miGrand Strand Airport (CRE)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Holden Beach3.7 km2.3 mi east away8.0 Great later
- Ocean Isle Beach8.3 km5.2 mi west away8.1 Great later
- Bald Beach15 km9.3 mi west away8.2 Great later
- Sunset Beach16 km10 mi west away8.2 Great later
- Long Beach18 km11 mi east away7.8 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.0 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.2 GreatBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.6 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 1%
- Tue8.8 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Wed5.6 GoodBest 4 pm to 6 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 3%
- Thu8.4 GreatBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 5%