Surf-Forecast | Garden City Pier Surf Guide

Garden City Pier Surf Guide

Garden City Pier in South Carolina is an exposed beach/Pier break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the optimum swell angle is from the south southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Likely to be crowded if working. Take care of rips, rocks, locals and pollution.

Garden City Pier Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach/pier	1	fairly consistent	24.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Garden City Pier:

The best conditions reported for surf at Garden City Pier occur when a South-southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf Garden City Pier (for consistent clean waves)?

decemberBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Garden City Pier with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of December. Clean surfable waves are typically found 25% of the time in December while 35% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 40% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

25%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

35%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

40%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Garden City Pier Location Map

Interactive Garden City Pier surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Garden City Pier is Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) in USA, 13 km (8 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Garden City Pier is Florence Rgnl Airport (FLO), also in USA, 95 km (59 miles) away.

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Garden City Pier Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Monday, 8 June 2026, 21:41 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 08			Tue
ft, °F	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Wave (m)	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

What does Garden City Pier look like?

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Tides at Garden City Pier

Current tide and informaton

For Garden City Bridge, Main Creek, South Carolina, 1 km from Garden City Pier.

Next High Water: 03:34am | 1.2m

Next Low Water: 10:26pm | 0.22m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Garden City Pier Sea Temperature

Sunny with very warm air temperatures, feeling like 29.0 °C once we account for any wind. Sea temperatures (24.2 °C) warm too. Staying warm in the water won't be a problem in board-shorts, but wear at least a rash-vest to keep the UV off.

Today, many surfers would wear a rashvest wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 24.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite