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 pm Tuesday 02 Sep 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 27.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Folly Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Folly Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (02 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (02 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	7s

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

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	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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 (?)	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	82	77	94	79	67	157	158	122	39	41	47	38	39	29	22	35	41	34	30	22	25	21	16	18
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:24PM 1.65				4:29AM 1.39					5:18PM 1.71				5:24AM 1.46				6:08PM 1.78				6:16AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	9:28AM 0.36				10:42PM 0.45				10:27AM 0.31					11:33PM 0.38				11:24AM 0.24				12:21AM 0.29

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	24	26	26	26	25	25	23	22	25	26	26	25	26	25	25	25	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26
Feels °C (?)	22	24	23	25	24	26	23	22	24	24	25	25	26	25	26	27	28	27	26	26	26	28	29	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina South

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Folly Beach (light winds from the NE at Charleston Executive Airport (South Carolina) 8 km from Folly Beach). A 1.6m windswell from the ENE is too big for here
1 hour 36 minutes ago Folly Beach

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1 h 36 min ago

17 km/h

Cross-Shore

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