Hunting Island surf break

Hunting Island surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 23 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
10.7° C
(Which is 9.3°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 1PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
E
2.4
E
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.8
SE
1.4
SE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)999101010101010667889999999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)139136139159142115120122125115219350526713817921484474454405331471288134
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
45
NE
45
NE
45
ENE
35
ENE
35
NNE
30
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
30
SSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
1.84
11:13PM
1.85
11:37AM
1.76
12:07AM
1.87
12:33PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
-0.04
5:01PM
-0.10
5:21AM
0.03
5:48PM
-0.08
6:17AM
0.10
6:41PM
-0.04
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise--7:20-------7:20-------7:20-----
Sunset----5:45-------5:46-------5:47---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------21------1
Temp. °C1413131516151311987778119656710131619
Feels °C (?)11101013141310620-2-2-3-142-10248111215
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