South Carolina Surf

Detailed South Carolina surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in South Carolina. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in South Carolina. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in South Carolina over the next 7 days. Surf photos from South Carolina and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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South Carolina Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the South Carolina Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the South Carolina coastline are also listed below.

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	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	8	6	7	7	5	5
Energy(?)	67	64	68	33	72	32	16	14	20	15	15	108	112	30	15	11	10	21	15	9	38	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 1.98	8:37AM 2.42		9:04PM 1.94	9:31AM 2.33		10:01PM 1.89	10:26AM 2.22		12:49AM 0.57	12:37PM 1.02		12:28AM 1.36			2:08AM 0.84		2:23PM 0.90	3:05AM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)		1:30PM -0.39	2:17AM -0.30		3:03PM -0.12	3:09AM -0.25		3:53PM -0.07		4:01AM -0.16	4:43PM -0.00	7:36PM 0.05	6:44AM 0.01	5:51PM 0.06		7:40AM 0.09	6:46PM 0.12	8:23PM 0.14	8:38AM 0.17		9:16PM 0.16	9:38AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	18	9	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	7	4	2	6	8	7	13	14	12	16	17	18	21
Low °C	13	11	11	8	10	9	10	12	7	6	4	-1	1	8	7	8	12	11	12	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	4	-1	-3	4	6	5	11	12	10	15	16	17	21
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	-	6	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	10	9	5	5	-	4	4	5	6	-	9	9	9	8	7	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	8	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	5	5

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	South End Carolina South	South End Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	South End Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	64	61	67	60	64	64	69	68	63	63	62	88	72	41	44	32	40	20	16	16	14	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:44AM 2.45				8:10PM 1.98				8:37AM 2.42	10:33AM 0.77			9:27PM 1.50	10:20PM 0.90				10:50AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)					2:11PM -0.13				2:17AM -0.30								3:08AM -0.24	4:57AM -0.14				5:46PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	1	5	13	4	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	7	12	13	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	8	10	8	9	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	South End Carolina South	South End Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	South End Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	64	64	88	89	69	67	67	66	67	69	61	50	37	44	41	36	47	36	36	38	38	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:44AM 2.45														9:24PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)														2:19PM -0.15		4:01PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	3	1	-	1	1	-	1	1
High °C	10	10	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	9	9	11	11	8	10	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	8	8	12	13	13	14	12	11	12	11	12	8	7	10	10	6	10	6	5	6	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	3	5	3	3	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

South Carolina Surf Breaks

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Myrtle Beach - Pier 14

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Best to surf towards the beginning of the spring (March and April). Long flat beaches on the coast, waves between 1-4ft and taller with thunderstorms and tropical storms.....Katherine Krehbiel

South Carolina's wide continental shelf dampens the swell generated in the Atlantic. The fall tends to have the best surf due to it being hurricane season. Summers tend to be flat, with the odd occasional wave if the wind is your friend.

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