Folly Beach Surf Forecast

/ Carolina South (23 breaks) / South Carolina (21 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.66° N 79.93° W)

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Folly Beach surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 EDT

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Folly Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Folly Beach sea temperature is 21.5° C
(Which is 2.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Folly Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Folly Beach at 5AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (18 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

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		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	ESE	E	SSE	E	NE	SE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	15	12	12	12	4	4	4	5	5	10	14	5	12	4	10	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	25	25	15	16	10	19	9	7	9	29	29	13	12	17	27	25	25	10	4	9	4	5	4	10
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	SW	WSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WNW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	E	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:22AM 1.76				6:35PM 1.76				7:07AM 1.81				7:15PM 1.74				7:47AM 1.85				7:53PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		12:02AM 0.26				12:20PM 0.22				12:44AM 0.23				1:08PM 0.20				1:24AM 0.21				1:52PM 0.20

		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	24	24	23	23	22	21	17	14	15	19	20	19
Feels °C (?)	17	18	18	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	19	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	13	9	11	16	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina South

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Folly Beach (calm at Charleston Executive Airport (South Carolina) 8 km from Folly Beach). 0.7m 9s swell from the E to make surfable waves.
1 hour 7 minutes ago Folly Beach

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