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The Pier in South Carolina is an exposed beach/Pier break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the northwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the northeast. The beach break offers mainly right hand waves. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Beware of rips, rocks, locals and pollution.

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Overall The Pier Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see The Pier surf quality by season and The Pier surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - Carolina South surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of The Pier

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to The Pier:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Pelican Poles	1 mi
Second closest break	South End	2 mi
Third closest break	Garden City Pier	18 mi
Fourth closest break	Surfside Pier	20 mi
Fifth closest break	Ocean Lakes	22 mi
Wave buoys nearest to The Pier:
Closest wave buoy	Edisto Buoy	59 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Ocean Crest Pier Buoy	69 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Frying Pan Shoals Buoy	82 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Onslow Bay Outer Buoy	140 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Grays Reef Buoy	168 mi
Tide stations nearest to The Pier:
Closest tide station	Crab Haul Creek, Oyster Landing, South Carolina	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Clambank Creek, Goat Island, North Inlet, South Car	3 mi
Third closest tide station	Ward's Dock, Pawleys Inlet, South Carolina	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bennet's Dock, Pawleys Island Creek, South Carolina	6 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Hagley Landing, Waccamaw River, South Carolina	6 mi
Ski Resorts closest to The Pier:
Closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	241 mi
Second closest ski area	Sugar Mountain (United States)	247 mi
Third closest ski area	Hawksnest (United States)	249 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Ski Beech Mountain Resort (United States)	253 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Wolf Laurel (United States)	255 mi
Town and city forecasts close to The Pier:
Closest city location	Georgetown (United States)	9 mi
Second closest city location	Murrells Inlet (United States)	15 mi
Third closest city location	Garden City (United States)	19 mi
Fourth closest city location	Surfside Beach (United States)	20 mi
Fifth closest city location	Bucksport (United States)	22 mi

• The closest passenger airport to The Pier is Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) in USA, 42 km (26 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to The Pier is Charleston Afb International Airport (CHS), also in USA, 97 km (60 miles) away.
• Third is Santee Cooper Rgnl (Plymouth) Airport (MNI) in Montserrat Island, 101 km (63 miles) away.
• Florence Rgnl Airport (FLO) in USA is 106 km (66 miles) away.
• Shaw Afb (Sumter) Airport (SSC), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to The Pier and is 140 km (87 miles) away.