Isle of Palms Pier surf break

Isle of Palms Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm 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 9PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
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
Sunday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)12121212771144448344444555555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33332232222637712161727313325199
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
1.38
12:24PM
1.34
1:08AM
1.36
1:10PM
1.26
1:59AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
-0.01
6:03AM
0.05
6:25PM
0.04
7:00AM
0.12
7:12PM
0.08
7:57AM
0.17
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset5:29-------5:29-------5:30-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819202020202121212121212221212021202018181616
Feels °C (?)17171921212020202122222120211918181918161515118
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