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South Carolina

Garden City Pier

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

2.3ft

7s period

Swell

ESE

123°

Windcross

8 mph

SW

Tide

↑1.6 ft

rising

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

80% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

ESE

2.2ft

7s

97%

P2 (secondary)

SE

0.4ft

10s

3%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellSE 127°

WindNW offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC ssbn7

Hs2.3 ft

Tp7s

DirSE

Water69°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:12:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

2.2

7s

SE127°

11mphcross

4.0ft↑

5am

1.9

7s

ESE106°

14mphcross-off

4.6ft↓

8am

1.9

7s

SE129°

9mphoffshore

0.9ft↓

11am

1.7

6s

SE127°

11mphoffshore

0.0ft↑

2pm

1.6

6s

SE124°

11mphoffshore

4.1ft↑

5pm

1.6

6s

SE126°

8mphcross-off

6.0ft↓

8pm

1.5

7s

SE126°

13mphcross-off

2.3ft↓

11pm

1.4

7s

SE125°

17mphcross

-0.1ft

Fri, May 15

2am

1.4

7s

SE125°

14mphcross

2.9ft↑

5am

1.4

7s

SE125°

13mphcross

5.1ft↓

8am

1.4

7s

SE124°

8mphcross-on

1.9ft↓

11am

1.3

7s

SE125°

11mphonshore

-0.6ft↑

2pm

1.3

7s

SE126°

12mphcross-on

2.9ft↑

5pm

1.2

7s

SE126°

13mphcross-on

6.4ft↓

8pm

1.2

7s

SE127°

8mphcross

3.7ft↓

11pm

1.2

7s

SE127°

5mphcross

-0.2ft

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