Folly Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Folly Beach Pier in South Carolina is a fairly exposed beach/Pier break that only works once in a while with no particular seasonal pattern. Offshore winds are from the northwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the northeast. The beach break favours left handers. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Beware of rips,jellyfish,jetskis,pollution.

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Overall Folly Beach Pier Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Folly Beach Pier surf quality by season and Folly Beach Pier surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Folly Beach Pier:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Folly Beach	1 mi
Second closest break	The Washout	2 mi
Third closest break	Cliffs (Cambria)	7 mi
Fourth closest break	Berts Bar	9 mi
Fifth closest break	35th Street Iop	14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Folly Beach Pier:
Closest wave buoy	Edisto Buoy	50 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Grays Reef Buoy	103 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Ocean Crest Pier Buoy	135 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Frying Pan Shoals Buoy	139 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	St Augustine Buoy	183 mi
Tide stations nearest to Folly Beach Pier:
Closest tide station	Folly Island (outer coast), South Carolina	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Folly River Bridge, Flooy Island, South Carolina	1 mi
Third closest tide station	Folly Beach, Folly River bridge, Folly Island, Sout	1 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge, South Carolina	1 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Folly River, north, Folly Island, South Carolina	2 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Folly Beach Pier:
Closest ski area	Mount Pleasant (United States)	105 mi
Second closest ski area	Sapphire Valley (United States)	242 mi
Third closest ski area	Wolf Ridge Ski Resort (United States)	245 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	253 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	256 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Folly Beach Pier:
Closest city location	Folly Beach (United States)	0 mi
Second closest city location	Mount Pleasant (United States)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Kiawah Island (United States)	9 mi
Fourth closest city location	Sullivans Island (United States)	9 mi
Fifth closest city location	Charleston (United States)	10 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Folly Beach Pier is Charleston Afb International Airport (CHS) in USA, 29 km (18 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Folly Beach Pier is Beaufort Mcas Airport (NBC), also in USA, 76 km (47 miles) away.
• Third is Santee Cooper Rgnl (Plymouth) Airport (MNI) in Montserrat Island, 107 km (66 miles) away.
• Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) in USA is 132 km (82 miles) away.
• Hunter Aaf Airport (SVN), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Folly Beach Pier and is 134 km (83 miles) away.