The Washout surf break

The Washout surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 EDT
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The Washout surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Washout sea temperature is
19.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Washout today?

The current surf forecast for The Washout at 3PM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.3
SE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.8
NE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)955548888484878455558855
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1932231420141413781481510111715164332962536
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
NW
30
N
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
1.70
9:09PM
2.05
9:36AM
1.68
9:58PM
2.07
10:27AM
1.63
10:50PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24AM
-0.10
2:28PM
-0.18
3:14AM
-0.13
3:15PM
-0.20
4:05AM
-0.12
4:03PM
-0.18
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:48-------6:47-------6:45------
Sunset----7:50-------7:51-------7:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C202024262523232221212324232222222021252719161515
Feels °C (?)19192323212222212121222221212122202023251291010
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