Pawleys Island Beach surf report
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Updated 4:00 AM EDT
What decides a surfing score
Scored on wave size, period and wind speed. We do not yet know which way each beach faces, so this does not account for offshore versus onshore wind.
Pawleys Island Beach is also scored for
About Pawleys Island Beach
Pawleys Island Beach sits on the South Carolina coast, where the water runs from about 51°F in January to 87°F in July.
The water averages above 70°F in May, June, July, August, September and October — 6 months of the year — peaking around 87°F in July and dropping to about 51°F in January.
Today it is 76°F. That is 3° above the October average of 73°F here.
Tide predictions come from NOAA station Pawleys Island Pier (ocean) about 0.6 km away on the open coast.
Frequently asked questions
Is Pawleys Island Beach good for surfing today?
Marginal — we score it 45 out of 100 today. The limiting factor is wave size at 0.9 ft.
What makes a good surfing day?
We weight wave size (45%), swell period (30%), wind (15%) and combine them into one score. Conditions we cannot read are left out rather than guessed.