Folly Beach surf break

Folly Beach surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 EST
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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
11.0° C
(Which is 8.3°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 12AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)--
Afternoon (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (04 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)878888899999999101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9857646465707475778183838488909292981008080984948
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crossonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
1.66
8:18AM
1.66
8:45PM
1.67
8:56AM
1.59
9:25PM
1.65
9:33AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
-0.18
2:04AM
-0.24
2:25PM
-0.16
2:48AM
-0.19
3:01PM
-0.12
3:30AM
-0.10
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset6:17-------6:19-------6:19-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161718191918192020202020201920212121222121212122
Feels °C (?)141618202019202020202020202020212121222121212122
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