Bert's Bar Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report and Surf Forecast
Nearby Spots
Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
0-1FT
Shin to knee
Swell
Wind
9KTSE
13kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
76°F
1mm wetsuit
South Carolina Forecast
Mike Watson •Today
Knee-thigh high surf from local windswell/trade swell mix. Semi-clean early and late day.
Small but rideable surf in the water, mainly from ESE swell and E windswell mix. Best on the bigger boards with the lack of power. Better spots are seeing thigh high lines but without much shape. We habe light NE winds to start the day and conditions are semi-clean. Winds pick up through midday then tilt more SE for the PM hours, so we see textured conditions throughout the day but winds do ease somewhat towards the evening.
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Bert's Bar Surf Guide
Sullivan's Island is just south of the Isle of Palms and gets energy from NE/E swells, but the jetty for the shipping lane blocks all southerly energy. On a NE windswell, the peak in front of Bert's Bar once offered board snapping power as it's right next to the shipping channel, so there's deep water just offshore. It's at the end of the south causeway to the island. It can be offshore here when it's howling side/onshore everywhere else. Strong north current on big swells. Shoaling has turned t... Read more