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Berts Bar, United States

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Sullivan's Island Beach. Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Berts Bar

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (138°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (318°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 6.3 km out (1 in 625). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 13°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Isle of Palms, 5.5 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 4 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to CHS, direct.

    See flights MDW → CHS · Skyscanner from about £135 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Berts Bar.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct233 ft8 ssoft89kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct614 ft8 ssoft195kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct453 ft8 smushy116kJ23°C
Wed 21Oct242 ft4 smushy16kJ22°C
Thu 22Oct282 ft7 smushy42kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct101 ft8 smushy22kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct232 ft7 smushy47kJ18°C
Sun 25Oct423 ft7 smushy111kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct414 ft8 ssoft225kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct426 ft10 ssoft569kJ18°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight MDW to CHS, then 45 min by road. About 4h 45 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Breach inlet

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 35 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Breach inlet

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to CHS, then 45 min by road. About 4h 45 door to door

The plan picks the best of 10 spots near Isle of Palms each day: 21st IOP, 25th Street, IOP, 35th Street, IOP, 3rd Bar, Berts Bar, Breach inlet, Charlie's, Gaps, Isle Of Palms 26'th Ave, Isle of Palms Pier.

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Rough cost

About £855–£1,540 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CHS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£135–£280
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£40–£70
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£270–£455
Food7 days eating out£260–£480
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£190
Total£855–£1,540

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Isle of Palms

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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