Folly Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve got to be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are looking as flat as a pancake around Folly Beach Pier. There’s nothing on the table that I’d call a surf session, and the models show a whole lot of nothing for the first week. You’ll be staring at a gap of several days with no real recommendations.

Out of the gate, Friday the 21st gives us a tiny 0.7ft swell from the ESE at a period of 8 seconds, but with a cross-shore breeze it’s just messy. The water’s sitting at 87°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, but honestly, you’d be better off swimming than surfing. Combined energy is only 10 – that’s weak stuff.

Saturday the 22nd isn’t any better. We’ve got a 0.7ft swell with a nice WNW offshore breeze in the morning, which keeps it clean, but the period is 14 seconds which is actually a long period groundswell. The problem is, there’s just no height to work with. Combined energy is 39, still weak. Afternoon turns to junk with a 3ft windswell from the SSW and onshore chop.

Sunday the 23rd and Monday the 24th are practically non-existent with swells under 0.7ft and combined energy single digits. You’d be floating on a lake.

Tuesday the 25th afternoon goes glassy with a 0.7ft ESE swell at 11 seconds, but combined energy is only 12. It’s clean but there’s nothing to ride.

The whole first week is a write-off. We start seeing a tiny bump toward the end of the week – Thursday the 27th morning could be the closest thing to a pulse, with a 3ft SSW swell at 6 seconds and a clean cross-offshore WSW breeze. Combined energy pushes up to 61 – moderate energy, but that short period (4 seconds in the afternoon) means it’s just crumbly and weak. Still, if you’re desperate, the morning window might give you a few small, clean rolls. Not for beginners though – it’s just too small and weak to be fun for anyone.

From there, it’s back to tiny stuff through the end of August and into September. The second week has a few cleaner moments – like Wednesday the 2nd of September morning, with a 3ft SW swell and cross-off wind, combined energy 37 – but again, nothing that’ll get the heart pumping.

Honestly, if you’ve got a kite, the afternoon onshore breezes might give you something to do, but for paddle surfing, put the board in the shed. This area just goes through blank runs like this. Forecasts can change, but for now, it’s a long stretch of nothing.

Rusty.

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