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Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 18 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
11.6° C
 (Which is 8.6°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 2PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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 (?)
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)999888888888878889999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3333769999159999101019202020202020
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
1.71
7:58PM
1.39
8:32AM
1.72
8:36PM
1.43
9:08AM
1.71
9:14PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:45PM
0.05
1:43AM
-0.05
2:24PM
0.02
2:23AM
-0.06
3:02PM
-0.00
3:03AM
-0.06
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--------7:20-------7:20-------
Sunset--5:38-------5:39-------5:39-----
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
5105---------------------
Temp. °C7663322127109753127976689
Feels °C (?)210-5-3-3-3-5-40431-1-3-5-42410134
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