Hunting Island surf break

Hunting Island surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 EST
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Hunting Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hunting Island sea temperature is
11.7° C
(Which is 8.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hunting Island today?

The current surf forecast for Hunting Island at 10AM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (24 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (24 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Hunting Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010677899999101010109677799910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12510922929948758861756250635729327623521013296137128976250353535
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NE
45
NE
45
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
20
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
10
W
20
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37AM
1.76
12:07AM
1.87
12:33PM
1.69
1:06AM
1.88
1:32PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
0.03
5:48PM
-0.08
6:17AM
0.10
6:41PM
-0.04
7:22AM
0.17
7:43PM
-0.02
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
Sunrise--7:20-------7:20-------7:18-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:47-------5:49---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1122------
Temp. °C1099877767811151718181715116810742
Feels °C (?)410-1-2-2-1-20381416151417125-2031-3-4
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