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Isle of Palms Pier surf break

Isle of Palms Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 26 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 8.6°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 5PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 26). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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 (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)7799999999999910101010101111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)373624222222232214999999999955999
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
30
WNW
35
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
SW
20
SW
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
SSW
10
SSW
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
1.23
2:00AM
1.48
2:28PM
1.19
3:13AM
1.51
3:42PM
1.20
4:26AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
0.09
7:24PM
-0.09
8:28AM
0.09
8:30PM
-0.10
9:38AM
0.05
9:36PM
-0.13
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset--5:45-------5:45-------5:46-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C89963-1-4-6-4056532224786431
Feels °C (?)011-1-4-9-11-13-9-5-2-2-3-5-5-4-3131-1-3-5-6
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