South Carolina

Kiawah Island Beach

beach (unverified)

1.5Updated 33 min ago

Kiawah Island Beach is a surf spot in South Carolina. It faces south, and its optimal swell direction is southeast. Offshore winds blow from the north.

Swell height

2.5ft

Model estimate

9s period

Swell

ESE

114°

Windcross-on

15 mph

Tide

5.1 ft

slack

Conditions

Blown out

swell mix · 86% wind sea

Not calibrated against CDIP, so it can read higher than nearshore swell height. How our heights work →

Swell breakdown

NWPS height + WW3

Wind sea

SSW

2.0ft

not surfable

P1 (primary)

ESE

1.0ft

100%

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach (unverified)

Tide preference—

Optimal conditions

SwellSSE 152°

WindNNW offshore

Tide—

Breakbeach (unverified)

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 41067

Hs2.3 ft

Tp3s

DirSE

Water78°F

Reading10/17/2026, 2:40:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

2.5

ESE114°

12mphcross

5.1ft

Sat, Oct 17

2am

2.1

ESE114°

13mphcross

3.1ft↓

5am

1.9

ESE115°

18mphoffshore

1.4ft↑

8am

1.9

ESE116°

13mphoffshore

3.4ft↑

11am

2.0

ESE118°

19mphoffshore

5.8ft↓

2pm

1.8

ESE123°

23mphoffshore

4.5ft↓

5pm

2.0

SE126°

20mphoffshore

1.8ft↑

8pm

2.2

ESE117°

19mphcross-off

2.5ft↑

11pm

2.5

E91°

19mphoffshore

4.9ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

2.5

E98°

21mphoffshore

4.0ft↓

5am

2.5

E99°

21mphoffshore

1.5ft↑

8am

2.6

E99°

23mphoffshore

2.6ft↑

11am

3.3

13s

ESE109°

19mphcross-off

5.3ft

2pm

3.5

12s

ESE107°

20mphcross-off

5.3ft↓

5pm

3.5

12s

ESE107°

19mphcross-off

2.4ft↓

8pm

3.7

13s

ESE108°

23mphcross-off

1.9ft

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