Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
14.8° C
(Which is 4.5°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 4PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)556698578888887766666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26333184774011420819018515214211086594344463518211515
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
1.47
12:58AM
1.82
1:27PM
1.40
2:03AM
1.76
2:36PM
1.37
3:11AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
-0.02
7:00AM
0.12
7:08PM
0.04
8:05AM
0.18
8:15PM
0.09
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------7:18-------7:16-------7:16
Sunset--7:32-------7:32-------7:34-----
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---31-------------------
Temp. °C22252622181411989910101111111212131415151515
Feels °C (?)19222422127310124466789101214141414
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