Isle of Palms Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.80° N 79.73° W

Isle of Palms Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Isle of Palms Pier sea temperature is
28.8°C
1.2° 

Isle of Palms Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Isle of Palms Pier today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Isle of Palms Pier at 6AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 51mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 30°C on Sun afternoon, min 22°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds.

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
8
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
ESE
8
0.5
S
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.4
S
4
0.4
S
4
0.4
SSE
5
0.6
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.6
ENE
4
1.1
E
5
1.2
E
6
1
E
6
1
E
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
18
12
11
12
12
6
6
7
9
6
6
8
18
16
12
11
11
8
10
69
102
59
57
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
15
S
20
SSE
40
SSW
5
NW
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
30
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
2:41AM1.41m
3:26PM1.75m
3:53AM1.43m
4:35PM1.78m
5:03AM1.48m
5:40PM1.82m
Low Tide
8:39AM0.12m
9:48PM0.30m
9:47AM0.11m
10:51PM0.25m
10:52AM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:38
7:37
7:36
 mm
1
1
2
43
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
27
27
29
29
29
29
29
29
28
28
29
30
30
22
24
25
24
23
26
27
27
27
27
Feels °C
30
30
31
33
31
30
30
30
32
31
32
33
32
31
18
27
27
26
24
25
25
23
25
25
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