The Pier surf break

The Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 16 Aug 2025 EDT
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The Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Pier sea temperature is
29.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at The Pier today?

The current surf forecast for The Pier at 1AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (17 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (17 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

Table - waves today at The Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
16
Sunday
17
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
Period(s) (?)10109999999986161515141316161515151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)262523192229353949393828941062622794269486997671032128515071825
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
E
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
S
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
NNW
10
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassoffoffglassononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:23PM
1.61
3:31AM
1.28
4:26PM
1.60
4:31AM
1.26
5:31PM
1.59
5:32AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
0.30
9:29AM
0.07
10:40PM
0.32
10:32AM
0.11
11:45PM
0.32
11:36AM
0.12
Saturday
16
Sunday
17
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:41--
Sunset-8:00-------8:00------7:59-------
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Rain (mm)
151-1-------------11-411
Temp. °C282927272625272929272726252529313028272626252728
Feels °C (?)313331313028282930292929272732323130313029272829
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina South

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Pier (light winds from the NNE at BUOY-NIWS1 4 km from The Pier). 0.4m 9s swell from the ESE with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 58 min ago

11 km/h
NNE
Cross-Off
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