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Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 15 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 7.4°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 11PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 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 (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Evening (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
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
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)899999993334445555558899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33333333347814163032261811193333
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
W
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
W
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
1.28
6:32AM
1.64
6:35PM
1.32
7:15AM
1.68
7:18PM
1.35
7:55AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
0.05
12:22PM
0.13
12:20AM
0.01
1:05PM
0.08
1:02AM
-0.03
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------7:20-------7:20-------7:20-
Sunset5:36-------5:37-------5:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------23
Temp. °C7520-1-11467910111113141314151310643
Feels °C (?)-2-3-7-7-7-5-4-3013454688101294-1-2-4
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