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			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat				Sun		Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
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Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	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	Murrells Inlet 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
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	14	6	6	16	7	16	15	14	14	14	17	15	5	13	13	12	12	11	11	18	19	17
Energy	77	110	112	284	44	909	592	466	305	467	1001	1251	61	444	323	234	250	621	421	1388	1158	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70	5:57AM 1.36	6:32PM 1.55		6:25AM 1.39	12:41AM 0.52		12:55PM 1.00	1:13AM 0.49		1:24PM 1.13	1:42AM 0.45	8:49PM 1.68	1:57PM 1.22	2:10AM 0.43		2:33PM 1.27	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)		12:05PM 0.01		5:37AM 0.30	12:41PM -0.07	7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25		8:04PM 0.18	6:14AM 0.19		8:40PM 0.13	3:56AM -0.07		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	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	23	21	20	20	19	16	17	17	16	16	23	17	16	17	17	16	17	16	15	15
Low °C	19	20	22	19	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	22	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	21	21	23	21	20	20	19	14	16	16	16	16	23	17	16	17	17	15	17	15	14	14
Sunrise	7:07	6:18	-	7:07	6:13	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	10	10	16	7	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	4	13	13	12	12	11	19	18	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.3 NW	1.0 SW	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	10	10	12	10	-	-	4	6	4	17	-	8	-	-	23	21	4	24	21	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNW	0.8 N	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	3	6	6	4	3	-	3	4	4	3	-	-	5	-	3	4	5	11	11	18	19	4

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3:30PM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	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	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	Hunting Island Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Hunting Island Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	6	6	5	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	18	7	7	7	7	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	172	80	60	78	82	76	110	126	112	120	91	1018	115	67	44	60	796	592	558	466	409	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)										5:56PM 2.11		12:32PM 0.85		6:25AM 1.39						12:55PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)			10:50PM -0.19			6:52PM 0.37		12:05PM 0.01									5:52AM 0.25					8:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3
Temp. °C	19	18	19	22	22	21	21	22	23	22	22	21	19	17	20	23	19	19	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	22	22	21	21	22	23	22	22	21	19	16	20	23	19	19	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:05	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	6	6	18	7	7	7	7	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	18	18	10	10	10	7	7	3	7	11	10	10	4	-	-	4	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.8 N
Period (s)	6	6	5	3	3	3	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4

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	3PM	4PM	5PM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3:30PM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8:30PM	9:30PM	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Carolina	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	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	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	14	6	6	14	14	6	6	6	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6
Energy	96	162	172	77	77	80	78	63	60	60	63	78	77	83	82	59	59	76	75	115	110	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									10:50PM -0.19							6:52PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	22	22	22	22	22	20	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	22	22	22	22	22	20	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	6	6	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	3	6	6	3	3	6	6	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6

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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