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Folly Beach Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
15.9° C
 (Which is 3.3°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 1PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s 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 (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (12 Mar)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (12 Mar)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 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 (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
S
1.1
SSW
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.8
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)565888447844588666677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)275074111111242954571614141622151611162714211414
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
35
SW
20
WNW
40
N
35
N
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
E
20
ESE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
5
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
1.44
3:38PM
1.21
4:30AM
1.46
4:41PM
1.25
5:28AM
1.51
5:39PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
0.34
9:33PM
0.27
10:29AM
0.31
10:35PM
0.23
11:25AM
0.25
11:33PM
0.16
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-7:33-------7:33-------7:31------
Sunset----7:24-------7:24-------7:25---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---51-------------------
Temp. °C191921169888891215161616161515171818181920
Feels °C (?)171617130-11124813141414151413151515171819
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