South Carolina

Garden City Pier

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1.5Updated 33 min ago

Facing southeast, Garden City Pier is a surf spot in South Carolina. The optimal swell comes from the southeast, and the offshore wind is from the northwest.

Swell height

2.4ft

Model estimate

9s period

Swell

ESE

116°

Windcross

14 mph

SSW

Tide

4.2 ft

slack

Conditions

Mixed

swell mix · 87% wind sea

Not calibrated against CDIP, so it can read higher than nearshore swell height. How our heights work →

Swell breakdown

NWPS height + WW3

Wind sea

SSW

2.0ft

not surfable

P1 (primary)

ESE

0.7ft

100%

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach (unverified)

Tide preference—

Optimal conditions

SwellSE 136°

WindNW offshore

Tide—

Breakbeach (unverified)

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC ssbn7

Hs3.3 ft

Tp5s

DirS

Water76°F

Reading10/17/2026, 2:55:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

2.4

ESE116°

12mphcross

4.2ft

Sat, Oct 17

2am

2.1

ESE117°

12mphcross-off

2.4ft↓

5am

1.9

SSW191°

16mphoffshore

1.6ft↑

8am

2.8

ESE118°

18mphcross-off

3.6ft↑

11am

3.5

ESE119°

19mphcross-off

5.1ft↓

2pm

4.5

ESE120°

21mphcross-off

3.5ft↓

5pm

4.6

SE125°

20mphcross-off

1.7ft↑

8pm

4.9

E91°

18mphcross

2.6ft↑

11pm

4.9

E94°

20mphcross-off

4.1ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

4.8

E95°

21mphcross

3.1ft↓

5am

4.8

E99°

20mphcross

1.6ft↑

8am

4.9

10s

E101°

19mphcross

2.8ft↑

11am

5.3

12s

ESE113°

21mphcross

4.8ft↓

2pm

5.6

12s

ESE113°

20mphcross

4.1ft↓

5pm

6.1

13s

ESE106°

20mphcross

2.0ft

8pm

6.2

13s

ESE105°

27mphcross

2.1ft

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