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Today the maximum temperature will be 23° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 18° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water.
Today will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 3%.
The winds will be cross-on shore and moderate at 24kmh from the South. The moderate winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler. The moderate onshore winds may make conditions a little more choppy for swimming.
Folly Beach faces Southeast and sunset will be over the land behind the beach at 08:05 PM. The skies should be very clear at that time, ideal for a sunset.
For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.
This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 23° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 20° which is comfortable for swimming though some may prefer warmer water.
There will be 2 days of light rain with an average of 3.0mm rain on those days. Saturday will have 3.0mm of rain and Sunday will have 3.0mm of rain. Expect sunny spells but some cloudy periods with an average cloud cover of 64%.
| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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| 20° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 22° |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 9% | 11% |
| 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
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18°
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| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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| 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 21° | 21° |
| 13% | 26% | 54% | 35% | 57% | 62% | 84% | 79% |
| 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.1mm | 17.8mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
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18°
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| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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| 21° | 20° | 18° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 20° |
| 50% | 52% | 71% | 91% | 89% | 68% | 48% | 71% |
| 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
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18°
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18°
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18°
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18°
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18°
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18°
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18°
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18°
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| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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| 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 21° |
| 74% | 87% | 85% | 100% | 52% | 80% | 85% | 28% |
| 0.0mm | 0.1mm | 0.0mm | 1.5mm | 0.7mm | 0.5mm | 0.2mm | 0.0mm |
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18°
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| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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| 21° | 21° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 22° |
| 25% | 53% | 31% | 81% | 77% | 66% | 52% | 56% |
| 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.5mm | 0.8mm | 0.7mm | 0.5mm | 0.5mm |
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| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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| 22° | 21° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 23° |
| 70% | 94% | 88% | 50% | 39% | 65% | 16% | 11% |
| 1.1mm | 0.3mm | 0.5mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
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| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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| 20° | 18° | 16° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 18° |
| 15% | 15% | 10% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
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| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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17 kmh
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17 kmh
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14 kmh
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20 kmh
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20 kmh
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24 kmh
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20 kmh
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23 kmh
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 0.6m
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0.6m
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1.2m
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0.7m
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1.2m
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0.8m
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0.8m
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| 9.1s | 8.9s | 4.7s | 4.7s | 5.1s | 5.1s | 5.1s | 5.1s |
| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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26 kmh
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27 kmh
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20 kmh
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18 kmh
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22 kmh
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7 kmh
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20 kmh
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26 kmh
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1.0m
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1.1m
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0.9m
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0.7m
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0.8m
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0.5m
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0.8m
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1.0m
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| 5.1s | 5.1s | 5.1s | 5.1s | 5.1s | 5.1s | 9.9s | 9.9s |
| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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22 kmh
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21 kmh
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23 kmh
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19 kmh
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13 kmh
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17 kmh
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12 kmh
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15 kmh
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0.9m
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1.3m
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1.1m
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0.9m
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0.6m
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0.6m
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0.6m
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0.8m
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| 9.9s | 5.1s | 5.5s | 5.5s | 5.5s | 5.6s | 5.5s | 5.4s |
| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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14 kmh
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19 kmh
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21 kmh
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16 kmh
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15 kmh
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18 kmh
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18 kmh
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12 kmh
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0.8m
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0.7m
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0.8m
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0.7m
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0.5m
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0.7m
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0.7m
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0.5m
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| 5.4s | 7.0s | 6.9s | 6.9s | 7.0s | 6.2s | 8.2s | 7.7s |
| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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13 kmh
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13 kmh
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10 kmh
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7 kmh
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12 kmh
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15 kmh
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14 kmh
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13 kmh
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0.5m
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0.5m
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0.4m
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0.3m
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0.6m
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| 7.8s | 3.3s | 6.4s | 4.9s | 5.5s | 8.0s | 11.3s | 12.6s |
| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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13 kmh
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11 kmh
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14 kmh
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22 kmh
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27 kmh
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28 kmh
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30 kmh
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20 kmh
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0.8m
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0.8m
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0.8m
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1.2m
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1.0m
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1.0m
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1.1m
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1.1m
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| 12.6s | 12.5s | 8.6s | 6.5s | 10.2s | 8.2s | 6.2s | 6.1s |
| 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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20 kmh
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22 kmh
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23 kmh
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17 kmh
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13 kmh
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18 kmh
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18 kmh
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13 kmh
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1.2m
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1.2m
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1.2m
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0.8m
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0.7m
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0.8m
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0.8m
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0.7m
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| 6.1s | 6.1s | 6.1s | 5.7s | 5.6s | 5.6s | 5.6s | 5.6s |
| 5:52 AM | 11:51 AM | 5:29 PM |
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| 0.22 | 1.38 | 0.22 |
| 12:24 AM | 6:34 AM | 12:35 PM | 6:14 PM |
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| 1.67 | 0.25 | 1.36 | 0.26 |
| 1:09 AM | 7:21 AM | 1:25 PM | 7:07 PM |
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| 1.63 | 0.27 | 1.37 | 0.29 |
| 2:00 AM | 8:11 AM | 2:20 PM | 8:06 PM |
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| 1.60 | 0.25 | 1.40 | 0.29 |
| 2:55 AM | 9:03 AM | 3:19 PM | 9:11 PM |
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| 1.60 | 0.20 | 1.47 | 0.27 |
| 3:51 AM | 9:56 AM | 4:18 PM | 10:17 PM |
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| 1.60 | 0.13 | 1.58 | 0.21 |
| 4:48 AM | 10:48 AM | 5:16 PM | 11:20 PM |
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| 1.62 | 0.03 | 1.72 | 0.12 |
| Wed 6th May |
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| 24° |
| 0.0mm |
| 19kmh SSW |
| 3% |
| Thu 7th May |
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| 24° |
| 17.9mm |
| 12kmh SSW |
| 51% |
| Fri 8th May |
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| 21° |
| 0.0mm |
| 15kmh NE |
| 67% |
| Sat 9th May |
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| 24° |
| 3.0mm |
| 16kmh WSW |
| 73% |
| Sun 10th May |
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| 26° |
| 3.0mm |
| 14kmh SSW |
| 55% |
| Mon 11th May |
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| 27° |
| 1.9mm |
| 20kmh WSW |
| 54% |
| Tue 12th May |
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| 22° |
| 0.0mm |
| 19kmh NNE |
| 5% |
| Wed 13th May |
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| 24° |
| 0.0mm |
| 14kmh SSW |
| 2% |
| Thu 14th May |
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| 26° |
| 0.0mm |
| 15kmh SSW |
| 1% |
| Fri 15th May |
|---|
| 28° |
| 0.0mm |
| 17kmh SW |
| 22% |
| Sat 16th May |
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| 27° |
| 0.8mm |
| 8kmh SSE |
| 44% |
| Sun 17th May |
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| 26° |
| 0.0mm |
| 15kmh SSW |
| 16% |
| Mon 18th May |
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| 27° |
| 0.7mm |
| 21kmh SSW |
| 47% |
| Tue 19th May |
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| 28° |
| 0.1mm |
| 8kmh SW |
| 26% |
In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 25° which is very warm and perfect for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 20° which is comfortable for swimming though some may prefer warmer water. There will be 7 days of light rain with an average of 3.9mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 33%.
If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in Folly Beach don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions
Folly Beach is a beautiful beach destination located on Folly Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. The beach offers a variety of activities and attractions for both relaxation and adventure seekers.
Folly Beach features a mix of soft golden sand and areas with coarser sands. It is not known for having powdery white sand like some other beach destinations but still provides a comfortable and enjoyable experience for sunbathing and strolling along the shore. The waters are generally calm, making it suitable for swimming and various water sports.
While Folly Beach does not have extensive rocky areas or coral reefs directly offshore, there are nearby spots that offer snorkeling and diving opportunities. The fish prefer rocky environments or reefs; therefore, you may need to take a short boat trip to access such locations around the island. Some popular spots include the Folly Beach Pier area or heading out to nearby Morris Island.
Surfing: Folly Beach is known as one of the best surfing spots on the East Coast of the United States. Both beginners and experienced surfers can enjoy the waves here. Several local surf shops offer lessons and equipment rentals.
Stand-up Paddleboarding (SUP): With its calm waters, Folly Beach is an excellent location to try stand-up paddleboarding. Rentals are available at various locations along the beach.
Kayaking: Explore the surrounding marshes or take a guided tour with one of the local kayak rental companies.
Fishing: Fishing enthusiasts will enjoy casting their lines off the Folly Beach Pier or booking a deep-sea fishing charter.
Beach Volleyball: There are several beach volleyball courts available for public use along Folly Beach.
Biking: Rent a bike and explore the island's scenic paths and trails.
Folly Beach offers a range of accommodation options, including beachfront hotels, vacation rentals, and charming bed & breakfasts. Some popular areas to stay include:
Beachfront: Staying in a beachfront hotel or rental property allows you to have direct access to the sandy shores and stunning ocean views.
Downtown Folly Beach: Staying in downtown Folly Beach puts you within walking distance of various restaurants, shops, and attractions.
Folly River Area: For a more tranquil experience, consider staying near the Folly River area, where you'll find quieter accommodations surrounded by nature.
Folly Beach offers various amenities for visitors to enjoy during their stay:
So pack your bags and head to Folly Beach for an unforgettable beach holiday filled with sun, surf, and relaxation!
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