The Pier Surf Report & Forecast

Surf Report and Surf Forecast

Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR

Surf Height

1-2FT

Knee to thigh

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

1.5FT8s
E97º
1.2FT6s
SE128º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

8KTSESE

8kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

0.5FT

Temperature

83°F

spotName Wind & Weather
80ºF

Rashguard

Mike Watson

South Carolina Forecast

Mike Watson •

Today

Knee-thigh high surf. Rideable waves but pretty weak. Light onshore winds.

Afternoon Outlook: Small but rideable surf with light onshore winds expected to persist, resulting in textured and semi bumpy conditions. Surf becomes a but more drained out/dumpy around the lower tide. Not great, but not bad for July 1st.

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The Pier Surf Guide

A low-quality but reasonably consistent beachbreak in an otherwise surf-stoked but wave-starved area of South Carolina, Pawleys Island Pier will occasionally offer long, shreddable lefts when offshore winds cooperate with powerful NE swells, but it saves its best face for SE swells — the more tropical, the better. The Pier only works on a mid to incoming tide and shuts down after the surf gets a foot or two overhead. Most of the action is concentrated on the south side. The waves can be crumbly... Read more