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Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 24 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
11.4° C
 (Which is 8.8°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 6AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
1
ENE
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
2
E
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
SE
0.7
ESE
1.2
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
ESE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1010106678898888109996999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4748486712320925327825153315115111311711311871102323322225014
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
40
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
35
SW
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
1.59
11:48AM
1.50
12:23AM
1.61
12:42PM
1.41
1:26AM
1.63
1:46PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22AM
0.06
5:47PM
-0.03
6:20AM
0.12
6:41PM
-0.02
7:27AM
0.17
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise----7:18-------7:18-------7:18---
Sunset------5:44-------5:45-------5:45-
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1221----
Temp. °C1210109866666457101417181715108975
Feels °C (?)8541-1-3-3-3-2-2-204814171416134120-2
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