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Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 17 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
12.4° C
 (Which is 7.8°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 3PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)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
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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 (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)455598885556668788889888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15111111137344456699610169259910
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
15
NW
15
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
1.68
7:18PM
1.35
7:55AM
1.71
7:58PM
1.39
8:32AM
1.72
8:36PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
0.08
1:02AM
-0.03
1:45PM
0.05
1:43AM
-0.05
2:24PM
0.02
2:23AM
-0.06
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--------7:20-------7:20-------
Sunset--5:37-------5:38-------5:39-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------494-------------
Temp. °C1415151515131096532211127976531
Feels °C (?)91011121386510-4-5-4-5-6-6-513110-3-4
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