The Washout surf break

The Washout surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
17.0° 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 8AM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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 (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.2
ESE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.7
ESE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.9
E
1
E
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)444767888888887778778877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1316104698214218720819826422318314312510420331077102921136264
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
30
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
1.70
6:01PM
1.56
6:26AM
1.72
6:56PM
1.66
7:16AM
1.74
7:45PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29PM
0.05
11:20AM
0.07
11:31PM
-0.00
12:12PM
0.02
12:28AM
-0.05
1:00PM
-0.04
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---7:13-------7:11-------7:09----
Sunset------7:36-------7:37-------7:37-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222217131112151311111113151616171717171819192020
Feels °C (?)202013635653448101212141415151616171819
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