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 1 pm Thursday 28 Aug 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 28.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Washout today?

The current surf forecast for The Washout at 7PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	4s
Evening (28 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

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

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	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	5 AM	8 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 (?)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	4	4	4	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	6	9	11	14	15	13	12	13	11	11	20	16	20	18	19	19	15	11	15	12	37	39	62	56
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	SE	N	NNE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	N	NE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:43PM 1.70				12:42AM 1.55				1:26PM 1.68				1:26AM 1.49					2:12PM 1.66				2:14AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				6:23PM 0.36				6:15AM 0.30				7:11PM 0.43				6:55AM 0.34					8:04PM 0.47			7:43AM 0.36

	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina South

Wind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at The Washout (light winds from the E at Charleston Executive Airport (South Carolina) 10 km from The Washout). 0.5m 6s windswell from the ESE with a 0.3m 9s swell, also from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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1 h 16 min ago

15 km/h

Cross-On

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