Folly Beach surf break

Folly Beach surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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
15.1° C
(Which is 6.6°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 3PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 02). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (02 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
1
SE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)7788878775888811111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99134110836426161519109101530292927272741402525
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
S
15
SW
10
NNW
5
NE
0
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
1.58
5:43AM
1.96
6:07PM
1.59
6:39AM
2.01
7:03PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
0.03
11:16PM
-0.17
12:11PM
-0.04
12:11AM
-0.23
1:07PM
-0.09
1:05AM
-0.26
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset--5:13-------5:13-------5:13-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
34--------------------12
Temp. °C161416151310118911111211111091013141512111111
Feels °C (?)1411141310783599109108791212129101110
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