Isle of Palms Pier surf break

Isle of Palms Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
15.0° C
(Which is 4.5°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 11PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)--
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
ENE
0.6
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)988899996999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16916233939505050507173736573737373735555555547
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
20
ENE
15
E
10
E
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
NW
10
N
10
ENE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43PM
1.54
8:12AM
1.57
8:24PM
1.63
8:51AM
1.57
9:06PM
1.70
9:32AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
-0.09
2:05PM
-0.10
2:30AM
-0.13
2:46PM
-0.16
3:17AM
-0.15
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----7:24-------7:24-------7:22--
Sunset7:27-------7:28-------7:29-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1110974358910109879111212131313131315
Feels °C (?)4331-4-4-225654223678101111101012
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