Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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 8PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (08 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)910101010101010108888877799910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4596006185635004313713332902191981641421111022171941261322171051099088
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
1.29
1:43AM
1.52
1:56PM
1.27
2:40AM
1.50
2:57PM
1.28
3:39AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
0.28
7:48AM
0.34
7:45PM
0.32
8:46AM
0.34
8:48PM
0.33
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:56-------6:54
Sunset--7:44-------7:45-------7:45-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14141414141310913151616161615141618181718181817
Feels °C (?)65677743791112131312111314151518191916
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