Fripp Inlet
Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States32.342, -80.452Beach break · faces ESE (122°)
Spot guide
Fripp Inlet is an ESE-facing beach break in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It picks up swell from NE to SSE and SSE to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 51% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the WNW: light winds or WNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while ESE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- ESE (122°)
- Best swell
- E to SSE (82°–159°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- WSW to NNW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- NE to SSE (54.5° to 159°); SSE to S (168.5° to 177°)
- Offshore wind
- WNW
- Tide
- NOAA station 8667783
- Wave buoy
- FRP2WAVE · 9 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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