The Washout surf break

The Washout surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 EST
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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
12.9° C
(Which is 7.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Washout today?

The current surf forecast for The Washout at 10PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)121212127771211444344444455555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3333222322226111317202026292537128
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
1.51
12:49PM
1.47
1:33AM
1.49
1:35PM
1.38
2:24AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
-0.01
6:15AM
0.06
6:37PM
0.05
7:12AM
0.13
7:24PM
0.09
8:09AM
0.18
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset5:29-------5:30-------5:30-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181819202020202121212121212121212020202019181616
Feels °C (?)17171921212120212122222120202019181818171616119
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