Isle of Palms Pier surf break

Isle of Palms Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 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
11.6° C
(Which is 8.7°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 7AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)99999991010101010999999101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)202020202020212335472444435858707059606061616163
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
W
5
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
0
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
0
NW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50PM
1.32
9:18AM
1.50
9:28PM
1.35
9:54AM
1.46
10:10PM
1.39
10:34AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
-0.11
3:22PM
-0.08
3:29AM
-0.09
4:00PM
-0.10
4:15AM
-0.05
4:42PM
-0.10
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----7:18-------7:18-------7:18---
Sunset------5:39-------5:40-------5:42-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C98891113141414141313131516151515151616171817
Feels °C (?)434581113131212111091312111212131515161816
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