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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Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	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	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	4	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	9	9
Energy(?)	9	10	27	15	25	17	12	16	25	23	37	53	294	331	335	234	151	75	130	130	59	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:51PM 1.05		7:18AM 0.91	7:44PM 1.06		8:10AM 0.96		8:31PM 1.07	8:56AM 1.00		9:13PM 1.06	9:38AM 1.03		9:51PM 1.03	10:17AM 1.04		10:26PM 1.00	10:53AM 1.04		11:00PM 0.96	11:29AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)	12:56PM 0.16		1:47AM 0.25	1:54PM 0.13		2:36AM 0.19		2:45PM 0.10	3:19AM 0.14		3:32PM 0.09	3:58AM 0.12		4:15PM 0.09	4:35AM 0.11		4:55PM 0.12		5:10AM 0.12	5:35PM 0.16		5:44AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-
High °C	22	25	25	23	25	25	26	27	25	25	25	23	24	24	24	22	26	25	22	25	24	24
Low °C	18	24	21	20	25	24	23	26	24	22	25	22	22	23	20	21	26	21	22	24	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	25	25	23	25	25	26	27	25	25	25	23	24	24	24	22	26	25	22	25	24	24
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	1.0 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	4	4	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	14	-	7	12	11	7	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.5 SE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	8	8	7	7	-	5	5	-	11	-	12	7	-	11	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	-	0.9 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	4	-	4	4	-	2	-	-	3	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	8	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	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	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	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	14	18	18	9	9	9	10	13	20	27	19	18	15	10	25	27	23	17	17	13	12	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	glass	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:19AM 0.86				6:51PM 1.05				7:18AM 0.91				7:44PM 1.06					8:10AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)		12:51AM 0.30				12:56PM 0.16				1:47AM 0.25				1:54PM 0.13					2:36AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	17	18	22	25	24	25	25	23	21	20	23	25	25	25	25	25	24	23	26	27
Chill °C (?)	20	18	17	18	22	25	24	25	25	23	21	20	23	25	25	25	25	25	24	23	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	4	4	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	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	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	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											6:19AM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)					12:51AM 0.30												12:56PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	21	22	23	24	25	25	25	24	25
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	21	22	23	24	25	25	25	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	3	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3

South Carolina Surf Breaks

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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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