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The Washout


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USA, South East, South Carolina

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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityRegional Classic
 experienceall surfers
 surf frequencysometimes break
    Wave
typesand-bar
 directionright and left
 bottomsandy
 power- fun
 normal lengthshort (<50m)
 good daynormal (50 to 150m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- South
- SouthEast
- East
 wind direction- NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
 swell sizestarts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+
 tide positionall tides
 tide movementrising tide
  Author: Anonymous
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The Washout Access
  From Charleston, SC, head to Folly Beach. Once there, take a left at the only light, and travel a few miles. When you see all cars on the right and no houses, you're there.
  distancetake a car
  walkinstant access (<5 mn)
  easy to find?easy to find
  public access?public access
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd ok
week-end crowd ultra crowded
  dangers- rips / undertow
- man-made danger (buoys etc..)
- localism
  webcam urlhttp://www.follysurfcam.com
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Additional Surfing Infos
 Wedgy peaks all over the place. Easy to get out, but can be board-crunching once head+. Watch parking in the sand w/o 4-wheel drive. Recent beach re-nourishment has altered this wave.
  Overview
  Atmosphere The Washout is located in about a 4 block area with rock groins each block. Waves wedge around the rocks and sandbars are numerous. Also, the beach itself slightly curves back towards the NW through the break and the waves are less likely to close out than other locations.
  General Since this is the only relatively consistent break in SC, it is very crowded when decent and out of control during bigger swells. This includes the beach; its like a big stage. Locals are aggressive and will intimidate (not many fights)...I know, I was one of them. Better surfers than you would think.
 
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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.32° 40.12882' N
GPS Long.79° 54.48295' W
PrecisionApproximate
 
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The Washout, United States of America
By jeff1, 2006-12-09 18:31:19

My Comments: Session Highlight: Comment on Swell, Waves and Wind: My Perfectible Points: Air Temperature: Water Temperature:
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The Washout, United States of America
By Dolly Dagger, 0000-00-00 00:00:00

This is my homebreak.....and she's a bitch....she can be sooooo much fun, but she's notorious for letting you down. She's very BIPOLAR...but she'll give you enough to make you stick around. Great on N,NE, SE, S groundswells, but the w
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comment by matti_j, 2007-11-18 06:59:15

pancakes for breakfast!
it's so freaking flat here ALL THE TIME! I don't understand how the locals can deal. I've only lived here for 3 months now, and I've never seen a worse place to surf. In the entire hurricane season, there were exactly FOUR (by my count) days of head high or bigger. That's enough to drive me over the edge, so much respect to you guys who have dealt with that your whole lives and still have commitment to getting down there when it's good.

On a side note, why the heck does Folly Beach force people to pay to park on the side of the road? It's absolute horse-crap to charge money to use the beach, especially at the Washout, where there is nobody around anyway and no public service seems to be provided other than the garbage cans (which I am pretty sure are maintained by Surfrider folks). Freaking communist liberals over there, for real. Anyhow, 5 more months of flat nastiness, then it's back to the west coast and real waves, crowds, and kooks.

Pray for Surf!!!!

comment by B Jones, 2007-09-24 04:38:38

Big Waves
Check out this footage of the washout.
Wasn't a tropical system. Just a local system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmNEKmGSpS0&NR=1

comment by Anonymous, 2007-05-12 17:04:11

to Matti
A 4/3 is recommended for the absolute dead of winter (late jan-late feb) as water temps sometimes fall into the high 40s or so. Overall though I'd say the water temps arent that bad, and you can trunk it easily from mid-may to early october without too much of a problem as for the surf, don't be thinking anything comparable to San Francisco in the winter. SC gets surf in the winter too around the charleston area, but I think Maryland is a little better. Tropical storms in the summer and fall though can be good.

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