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 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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 25.0° C
(Which is 2.0°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 8PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Evening (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

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

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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	4	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	18	25	25	11	38	26
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WNW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	NW	N	ENE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	NE	NNE	NNE	ENE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 1.94				6:23AM 1.70				6:52PM 1.95				7:16AM 1.77				7:38PM 1.95					8:03AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				11:51PM 0.27				11:54AM 0.15				12:41AM 0.23				12:48PM 0.13				1:26AM 0.19				1:37PM 0.12

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	26	25	25	24	26	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	27	26	25	25	25	24	23	25	26
Feels °C (?)	25	25	27	25	25	25	28	27	25	27	27	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	25	24	25	25

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina South

Wind Update Still cross-shore at The Washout (light winds from the SSW at Charleston Executive Airport (South Carolina) 10 km from The Washout). 0.4m 8s swell from the ESE with a 0.4m 3s local chop from the SSW and a 0.2m 7s swell from the SE as well as a 0.1m 9s swell, also from the SE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 37 minutes ago The Washout

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1 h 37 min ago

11 km/h

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Cross-Shore

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