Cherry Grove Pier Southside Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Cherry Grove Pier Southside is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with glassy / no wind from the E, on a mid outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | SE |
| Best wind | glassy / no wind from the E |
| Best tide | mid & outgoing |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-30 11:05 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 2.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 6s |
| Swell direction | SSE (159°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station SSBN7 (14 km away) |
| Wind | 8 kt from the N — NDBC 41024 (15 km away) |
Cherry Grove Pier Southside 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Cherry Grove Pier Southside from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 30 | 2 ft | 6s S | 9 kt WNW |
| Fri Jul 31 | 1–2 ft | 7s S | 9 kt S |
| Sat Aug 1 | 2 ft | 6s SSE | 12 kt SSE |
| Sun Aug 2 | 2–4 ft | 7s SE | 15 kt S |
| Mon Aug 3 | 3–4 ft | 7s SSE | 17 kt SSW |
| Tue Aug 4 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 14 kt SSW |
| Wed Aug 5 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 10 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8661070 (Springmaid Pier, Myrtle beach), the nearest tide station (33 km away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 06:18 — Low 0.578 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:21 — High 4.077 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:19 — Low 0.936 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:44 — High 4.739 ft
- 2026-06-07 07:02 — Low 0.513 ft
- 2026-06-07 13:13 — High 4.302 ft
Frequently asked
Is Cherry Grove Pier Southside good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-30 11:05 UTC), Cherry Grove Pier Southside is off: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the S is off its ideal SE direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is moderate from the N.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Cherry Grove Pier Southside come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station SSBN7) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Springmaid Pier, Myrtle beach). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Cherry Grove Pier Southside?
Cherry Grove Pier Southside is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with glassy / no wind from the E, on a mid outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Cherry Grove Pier Southside is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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