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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South Carolina Wavefinder

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	Wednesday 13			Thu		Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Berts Bar Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	South End Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	13	6	6	6	6	15	14	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	18	19	17	16
Energy	78	63	82	42	46	594	466	304	540	1704	1378	731	451	333	534	463	172	405	1092	600	436	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:41PM 1.76		6:25AM 1.39	7:10PM 1.76		12:55PM 1.00	1:13AM 0.49		1:24PM 1.13	1:42AM 0.45		1:57PM 1.22	2:10AM 0.43		2:33PM 1.27	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40		3:50PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)			12:18AM 0.08	12:41PM -0.07		5:52AM 0.25		8:04PM 0.18	6:14AM 0.19		8:40PM 0.13	6:40AM 0.14		9:17PM 0.11	7:09AM 0.09		9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	3	2	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	22	20	25	18	19	16	17	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	16
Low °C	22	21	19	17	24	18	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	20	25	18	18	15	16	15	15	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	5:28	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	6	6	6	6	15	14	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	18	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NE	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	10	6	11	10	5	5	-	4	13	4	-	-	4	23	21	20	19	22	19	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.5 NE	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	12	12	5	11	18	11	3	-

	Tue	Wednesday 13			Thu	Wednesday 13				Thursday 14				Fri	Thu		Friday 15				Sat
	11PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3:30AM	5PM	8PM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Berts Bar Carolina South	Berts Bar Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	South End Carolina South	South End Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	6	13	13	13	17	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	6	6	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	126	78	82	77	92	88	63	102	90	82	85	46	42	813	46	45	558	466	459	379	304	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					12:01AM 0.55			5:56PM 2.11				7:29AM 0.87		12:41AM 0.52		7:10PM 1.76		12:55PM 1.00				1:13AM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 0.37		11:21AM -0.01				12:18AM 0.08										8:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	3	1	-
Temp. °C	18	22	22	20	20	21	21	22	22	21	19	17	20	18	25	22	18	19	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	22	22	20	20	21	21	22	22	21	19	16	20	18	25	22	17	18	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	5:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	5	13	13	13	13	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	6	6	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	7	18	18	17	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	11	5	10	10	-	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.3 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	6	3	3	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

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	9PM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11:30PM	11AM	12PM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Pelican Poles Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Berts Bar Carolina South	Berts Bar Carolina South	Berts Bar Carolina South	Berts Bar Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	6	14	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	17	17	17	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	80	76	126	126	79	78	77	83	82	59	59	77	91	76	92	90	88	88	87	63	63	81
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															12:01AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)				11:41PM 0.13						6:52PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	18	18	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	21	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	19	21	18	18	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	21	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	11	14	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	13	13	13	10	10	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	11	11	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	18	11	18	17	17	17	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	1.0 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	3	3	3	6	6	-	-	-

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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