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Best raw setup is an E-ENE long-period groundswells with northwest to north winds for cleaner, more powerful rides.
Mid-tide incoming or mid/high windows usually shape the sandbars into peakier waves.
Surf GuideSouth Carolina
Folly Beach (Washout)
Folly Beach is a jettied, sandbar-strewn South Carolina beachbreak that can deliver punchy, fast peaks at The Washout and long lefts around the pier when an E-ENE groundswells aligns with dry NW offshore winds. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Folly Beach (Washout) in South Carolina.
Break TypeBeach Break
Skill LevelAll levels
LocationSouth Carolina, US
Best conditions today
- Waves 1 ft
- Period 7 s
- Wind N 4 kt
Tide curve (forecast)
2.5 ftrising
- Low0.3 ft
- High5.7 ft
- Low0.4 ft
- High5.9 ft
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Several short rock jetties and the persistent river inlet create strong rips and shifting peaks-The Washout in particular produces faster, hollow faces and demands respect.
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