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Folly Beach County Park, South Carolina

Beach in Charleston County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Folly Beach County Park

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (SC), 11 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone9Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide15Good16 ppb16.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb16.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Folly Beach County Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Folly Beach County Park, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat
Folly Beach County Park from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 8:35 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 1.5 ft every 10 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.160170S190Facing S 172°Sun 62° leftSwell 1.5 ft from ESELongshore current, to the right
Looking S from the sand at 8:35 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 1.5 ft every 10 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing S 172°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.

A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Charleston, and the waves at buoy 41004, 51.2 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
1 to 2 feet
Water temperature
In the upper 70s
UV index
High

Waves at buoy 41004, Edisto

Wave height
1.3 ft
Period
10 s
From
ESE (114°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 10 s from ESE
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from W
Water
82 °F
Read
Fri 7:50 AM
Distance
51.2 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 41004, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 7:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AM1.3 ftWave height at buoy 41004, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 7:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoonFri1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 7:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 7:50 AM1.3 ft10 sESE (114°)
Fri 6:50 AM1.6 ft7 sESE (123°)
Fri 5:50 AM1.6 ft8 sESE (122°)
Fri 4:50 AM1.6 ft8 sESE (114°)
Fri 3:50 AM1.6 ft9 sESE (120°)
Fri 2:50 AM1.6 ft8 sESE (113°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.6 ft8 sSE (126°)
Fri 12:50 AM1.6 ft8 sESE (119°)
Thu 11:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (108°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.6 ft7 sESE (123°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.6 ft7 sSE (138°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.6 ft8 sSE (124°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft7 sSE (130°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft7 sSE (138°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.6 ft7 sSE (130°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.0 ft7 sSE (126°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.0 ft8 sSE (136°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.0 ft8 sESE (122°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.0 ft8 sSE (129°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.0 ft8 sESE (120°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.0 ft8 sESE (122°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.0 ft8 sESE (118°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSE (131°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSE (130°)

Surf zone forecast

Charleston, including Cape Romain, Isle of Palms, Sullivans Island, Folly Beach, and Kiawah Island. Issued 7:25 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskLowModerate
Surf height1 to 2 feet2 to 3 feet
Water temperatureIn the upper 70s-
UV indexHigh-
WeatherSunnyMostly sunny. A slight chance of showers
High temperatureAround 80In the upper 60s
WindsSouthwest winds around 5 mph, increasing to around 15 mph in the afternoonBreezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph
TidesIsle of PalmsHigh, 12:09 PMIsle of PalmsLow, 6:10 AMHigh, 1:00 PM
Sunday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Monday
Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
Tuesday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph

Beach

County
Charleston County
State
South Carolina
Latitude
32.6438° N
Longitude
79.9625° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Folly Beach County Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Charleston ExecJZI

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Folly IslandNDBC-FBIS1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW0366GW0366

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Ravenel Bridge US-17SC019

Beside a road/11.3 mi away/-26 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Folly BeachSC-CR-262

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Custom HouseCHLS1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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