The Washout Surf Forecast

/ Carolina South (23 breaks) / South Carolina (21 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.67° N 79.90° W)

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The Washout surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 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 21.5° C
(Which is 2.5°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 1PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s
Afternoon (23 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	4s
Evening (23 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

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	Thursday 23							Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sun 26
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	E	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3	5	4	4	4	10	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	21	32	33	35	33	37
Wind (km/h)	NW	N	NNE	NE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:09AM 1.92				10:14PM 1.65				10:43AM 1.87				10:51PM 1.59					11:19AM 1.83				11:29PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	3:16AM 0.23				4:01PM 0.27				3:48AM 0.27				4:39PM 0.32				4:20AM 0.30					5:18PM 0.38

	Thursday 23							Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sun 26
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	17	20	20	19	20	20	19	17	18	21	21	19	18	18	18	17	19	19	19	18	19	20
Feels °C (?)	11	10	13	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	15	19	18	16	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	15	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina South

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Washout (light winds from the NNE at Charleston Executive Airport (South Carolina) 10 km from The Washout). 0.2m 10s swell from the ESE with a 0.2m 4s local chop from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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11 km/h

NNE

Cross-Off

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