Isle of Palms Pier surf break

Isle of Palms Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 EST
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Isle of Palms Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Isle of Palms Pier sea temperature is
13.2° C
(Which is 7.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Isle of Palms Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Isle of Palms Pier at 8AM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Isle of Palms Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)555512121212123412444444444455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33323333322377333562025202843
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
N
10
NE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
SE
5
WSW
10
SW
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
1.45
12:18AM
1.38
12:24PM
1.34
1:08AM
1.36
1:10PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
-0.04
5:39PM
-0.01
6:03AM
0.05
6:25PM
0.04
7:00AM
0.12
7:12PM
0.08
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise--7:22-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset----5:29-------5:29-------5:30---
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717181818192020202021212121212121212020202019
Feels °C (?)181615161616181921212020212222212020191717171716
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