Folly Beach Pier Surf Forecast

/ Carolina South (23 breaks) / South Carolina (21 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.66° N 79.94° W)

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Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 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 21.5° C
(Which is 2.9°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 3PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (18 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

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	Saturday 18					Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	ESE	ESE	E	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	15	12	12	12	4	4	4	5	5	5	14	14	14	4	4	4	4	4	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	10	19	9	7	9	29	29	13	12	17	27	24	25	46	4	4	4	5	4	3	7	3	3	3
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	WSW	NW	N	N	NNE	NE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				7:09PM 1.80				7:39AM 1.86				7:50PM 1.78					8:19AM 1.91				8:27PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		12:31PM 0.20				12:54AM 0.18				1:16PM 0.17				1:32AM 0.15				1:58PM 0.16					2:08AM 0.14

	Saturday 18					Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	21	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	23	24	23	20	16	14	16	19	19	18	18	18	19	19
Feels °C (?)	21	21	19	20	19	20	21	22	21	21	20	22	22	17	11	9	11	16	16	16	16	16	18	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina South

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Folly Beach Pier (light winds from the SSE at Charleston Executive Airport (South Carolina) 7 km from Folly Beach Pier). 0.7m 10s swell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 24 minutes ago Folly Beach Pier

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