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Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 EST
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Folly Beach Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Folly Beach Pier sea temperature is
12.8° C
 (Which is 7.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Folly Beach Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Folly Beach Pier at 8PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

Table - waves today at Folly Beach Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)666654444448888888884588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2333222317222222333366667162566
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:14PM
1.27
4:04AM
1.51
4:08PM
1.25
4:56AM
1.55
5:00PM
1.26
5:45AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
0.27
9:05PM
0.15
9:53AM
0.25
9:58PM
0.13
10:46AM
0.22
10:48PM
0.10
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise--------7:22-------7:22-------
Sunset--5:32-------5:34-------5:35-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------2-
Temp. °C26787776710121112111010101112111111109
Feels °C (?)-323434324787976546755542
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