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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	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	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	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Edisto Beach Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	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	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South
Rating	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	43	44	46	83	43	59	198	102	61	102	29	40	39	16	39	59	61	51	23	18	7	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:05PM 0.68		5:02AM 0.86	4:21PM 1.60	4:46AM 1.55	6:04AM 0.90	5:35PM 1.83		6:59AM 0.95	6:07PM 1.56		6:38AM 1.57	6:52PM 1.55	8:01PM 1.00	8:31AM 1.03	7:33PM 1.53		8:19AM 1.91		8:11PM 1.51	8:39AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:28AM 0.23		11:27PM 0.33	11:36AM 0.25		10:22PM 0.30	12:39PM 0.23		2:19AM 0.25	1:34PM 0.20		12:44AM 0.18	12:55PM 0.18		2:47AM 0.16			1:23AM 0.22	1:58PM 0.16	3:51PM 0.15	2:30AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	18	25	22	15	19	17	14	19	18	18	20	21	22	24	23	21	25	24	16
Low °C	16	21	16	15	24	15	13	18	12	11	18	16	16	20	20	21	23	19	18	24	14	13
Chill °C (?)	19	21	20	18	25	22	14	19	16	13	19	18	18	20	21	22	24	23	21	25	24	15
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	6:42	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	13	12	12	11	4	5	6	6	5	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	5	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	13	5	-	-	11	11	12	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 N	0.5 NE	0.4 N	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	2	4	3	6	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	3	3	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Folly Beach Pier Carolina South	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Edisto Beach Carolina South	Folly Beach Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	244	287	64	63	43	64	44	149	71	46	77	79	83	94	92	75	264	226	113	133	162	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:54AM 0.85				4:28PM 1.03				3:56AM 1.41					5:30PM 1.01				6:04AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)		11:21PM 0.33			8:53AM 0.21					11:27PM 0.33			10:06AM 0.23									11:11AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	16	19	23	21	23	19	18	16	15	18	22	24	22	20	21	19	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	16	19	23	21	23	19	18	15	14	17	22	24	22	20	21	19	12	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	6	5	-	12	9	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.9 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 N	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	3	7	-	-	3	-	3	9	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	10	10	5	4	4	4

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Folly Beach Pier Carolina South	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Edisto Beach Carolina South	Folly Beach Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	195	222	135	135	135	68	160	84	102	64	63	63	45	44	43	42	43	22	64	44	44	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								3:02AM 1.53	4:31AM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)			10:22PM 0.33										8:53AM 0.21		10:29AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	17	19	17	18	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	20	20	24	23	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	19	17	18	17	17	17	15	16	18	19	20	20	24	23	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	7	7	7	7	10	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	-	-	3	3	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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