Surf Forecasts:
Folly Beach Pier surf forecast from 27 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 2 Sep, 2PM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period, SE swell with 73 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Folly Beach Pier this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Folly Beach Pier in the next 16 days are 0.6m 11s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 02) at 2PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 4s period and expected on Friday (Aug 28) at 5AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2PM (Wed 2nd Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) 11s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Folly Beach Pier over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here, checkin' in from the South Carolina coast.
Look, I'm gonna be straight with you — we’ve got a long, flat stretch ahead. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for surf at Folly Beach Pier. The combined swell energy is weak, barely cracking double digits most days (9 to 71 range), and the wave heights are tiny. We're looking at ankle to knee-high slop, if that. The water temp is hanging around 84° — a touch warmer than normal for late August, so at least it feels nice just to float.
Thursday morning (August 27th) starts off with a pathetic 3 ft of lumpy SSW windswell, period a short 5 seconds, and a cross-on breeze that just chops it up. Not worth paddling out. Thursday afternoon is even worse at 2 ft. We get a little glassy spell Friday morning (August 28th) with a clean 1.0 ft from the SE and a period of 9 seconds, and again Saturday morning (August 29th) sees glassy conditions but the swell drops to a measly 0.7 ft from the ESE at 8 seconds. You’d need a toy boat, not a surfboard.
Sunday morning (August 30th) is glassy again, but it’s the same story — 1.0 ft of nothing. Monday morning (August 31st) is dead calm with 0.7 ft. The pattern keeps repeating; a couple of clean mornings here and there, but the swell is just not showing up. We get a tiny bump on the morning of September 6th with 3 ft from the SSW, period a short 5 seconds combined energy at 44, and it’s glassy — so that's probably the most you'll see, but it’s still poor surf. Then on Monday, September 7th, we get a clean 3 ft from the ENE period 6 seconds, energy 71, again with a nice cross-off wind, but the size and period just ain't there for a proper wave. Everything after that is flat, choppy, or both.
This is a blank run, plain and simple. For a beach/pier setup like this, it’s not unheard of to get this kind of dead spell in late summer. But you know how it goes – forecasts can change.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 26°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 30°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 5 | S 4 | S 4 | SE 9 | S 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 |
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 kJ | 29 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 50 | 6 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 55 | 47 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 8:17AM1.62m | 8:46PM1.86m | 8:57AM1.69m | 9:22PM1.85m | 9:35AM1.76m | 9:57PM1.82m | 10:15AM1.82m | 10:33PM1.77m | 10:57AM1.86m | 11:12PM1.70m | 11:43AM1.88m | 11:57PM1.62m | 12:36PM1.87m | 00:50AM1.55m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:03PM0.11m | 2:37AM0.12m | 2:44PM0.09m | 3:14AM0.08m | 3:26PM0.10m | 3:50AM0.06m | 4:08PM0.12m | 4:28AM0.05m | 4:52PM0.17m | 5:08AM0.07m | 5:41PM0.23m | 5:54AM0.09m | 6:35PM0.30m | ||||||||
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 | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — |
 | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 7:43 | — |
mm | 7 | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 27 |
Feels °C | 29 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | S 5 | SE 9 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | S 4 | SE 8 | SE 4 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 55 | 47 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | — | E 13 | SE 9 | E 12 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 4 | E 10 | SSE 4 | — | — | ESE 8 | — | — | — | SE 14 | SE 9 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | — | 3 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 14 | E 14 | — | E 12 | — | SE 5 | E 11 | — | — | S 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 14 | SE 12 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 5 | S 4 | S 4 | — | S 5 | — | — | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | — | SE 8 | SE 8 | — | — | — | — | SSE 2 | — | — | S 3 | SSW 3 |
| kJ | 29 | 10 | 8 | — | 16 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 21 | 50 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 498 | 1418 | 334 | 350 | 355 | 297 | 297 | 1814 | 527 | 373 | 1491 | 527 | 1491 | 1417 | 1417 | 880 | 880 | 295 | 59 | 1065 | 295 |
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