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Surf Break: The Washout

The Washout in South Carolina is an exposed beach/Pier break that is usually a safe bet and works all around the year. The best wind direction is from the northwest. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Beware of groynes, rips, sharks,jellyfish,polluiton.

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Overall The Washout 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 The Washout surf quality by season and The Washout surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - Carolina South surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of The Washout

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to The Washout:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Folly Beach	2 mi
Second closest break	Folly Beach Pier	2 mi
Third closest break	Cliffs (Cambria)	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Berts Bar	7 mi
Fifth closest break	35th Street Iop	11 mi
Wave buoys nearest to The Washout:
Closest wave buoy	Edisto Buoy	48 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Grays Reef Buoy	104 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Ocean Crest Pier Buoy	132 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Frying Pan Shoals Buoy	136 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	St Augustine Buoy	185 mi
Tide stations nearest to The Washout:
Closest tide station	Folly River, north, Folly Island, South Carolina	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Folly Island (outer coast), South Carolina	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Folly River Bridge, Flooy Island, South Carolina	2 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Folly Beach, Folly River bridge, Folly Island, Sout	2 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge, South Carolina	3 mi
Ski Resorts closest to The Washout:
Closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	254 mi
Second closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	257 mi
Third closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	260 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Wolf Laurel (United States)	262 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Hawksnest (United States)	266 mi
Town and city forecasts close to The Washout:
Closest city location	Folly Beach (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Mount Pleasant (United States)	5 mi
Third closest city location	Sullivans Island (United States)	7 mi
Fourth closest city location	Charleston (United States)	9 mi
Fifth closest city location	Isle of Palms (United States)	10 mi

• The closest passenger airport to The Washout is Charleston Afb International Airport (CHS) in USA, 28 km (17 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to The Washout is Beaufort Mcas Airport (NBC), also in USA, 80 km (50 miles) away.
• Third is Santee Cooper Rgnl (Plymouth) Airport (MNI) in Montserrat Island, 105 km (65 miles) away.
• Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) in USA is 137 km (85 miles) away.
• Hunter Aaf Airport (SVN), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to The Washout and is 138 km (86 miles) away.