Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
16.2° C
(Which is 6.0°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 6PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)3s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SW
0.1
SE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)444544444444334444555584
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51310119433444335566111313133138
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05AM
1.86
8:09PM
1.51
8:41AM
1.84
8:44PM
1.48
9:17AM
1.81
9:17PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
0.18
1:51AM
0.13
2:33PM
0.20
2:27AM
0.15
3:12PM
0.23
3:03AM
0.18
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56
Sunset--5:15-------5:15-------5:15-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020202121212121222122222020202023242423211816
Feels °C (?)181919192123222221212021211918181821232424211714
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