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 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Isle of Palms Pier sea temperature is
28.4°C
1.0° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Isle of Palms Pier at 5PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (10 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (10 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Sat morning, min 28°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ESE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.5
S
5
0.7
SSW
4
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
17
18
20
18
26
17
17
10
16
15
14
13
13
12
8
8
11
16
14
15
Wind (km/h)
0
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
20
S
20
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
High Tide
8:17PM1.86m
8:46AM1.79m
9:01PM1.82m
9:33AM1.81m
9:43PM1.75m
Low Tide
1:46PM-0.02m
2:18AM0.02m
2:37PM-0.01m
3:01AM0.03m
3:25PM0.03m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
7:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:31
7:30
7:29
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
30
30
29
29
29
Feels °C
33
31
30
30
31
31
31
31
32
30
31
32
31
30
31
31
34
31
30
32
31
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