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Garden City Pier surf break

Garden City Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 06 May 2026 EDT
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Garden City Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Garden City Pier sea temperature is
19.6° C
 (Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garden City Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Garden City Pier at 10PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)--
Afternoon (06 May)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (06 May)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

Table - waves today at Garden City Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Fri morning). Mainly strong winds.

Wed
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
Sat
9
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.7
S
4
0.6
SE
5
0.5
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
1
S
6
0.8
S
5
0.8
S
6
0.7
S
6
1
SSW
6
0.4
S
6
0.3
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.6
ENE
4
0.5
E
6
0.4
E
5
0.3
E
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.5
S
4
0.6
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
17
16
18
16
33
60
33
38
30
63
9
6
5
5
13
15
9
5
12
12
12
7
10
Wind (km/h)
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
25
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
5
SW
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
S
25
SSW
25
SW
25
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
00:52AM1.30m
1:03PM1.05m
1:36AM1.27m
1:54PM1.06m
2:26AM1.24m
Low Tide
7:18PM0.18m
8:13AM0.21m
8:02PM0.21m
9:01AM0.22m
8:55PM0.24m
9:52AM0.22m
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
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—
—
—
—
6:22
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:20
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
8:01
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
8:02
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
8:04
—
—
—
—
—
8:04
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
2
1
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Temp °C
24
22
22
22
22
20
18
20
21
21
20
17
16
15
18
19
19
19
20
20
21
20
21
23
Feels °C
21
19
20
21
22
18
11
16
20
22
22
14
13
12
15
17
17
18
19
20
21
18
19
21
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.6
SE
5
0.5
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.3
S
5
0.3
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.3
ENE
4
0.2
S
5
0.4
E
5
0.3
E
6
0.1
SE
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.2
E
5
0.2
ESE
9
Energy kJ
37
15
9
18
16
33
30
13
10
10
15
9
5
5
5
4
2
9
5
3
12
12
2
7
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.6
S
5
—
—
0.1
E
11
0.4
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.3
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
ESE
8
0.1
SE
6
0.1
SE
6
0.2
E
9
0.1
SE
6
Energy kJ
—
—
—
—
—
—
21
—
—
3
10
6
6
2
2
5
5
3
4
6
1
1
6
1
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.1
E
11
—
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
SE
9
0.2
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
5
—
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
E
8
0.1
SE
6
0.1
E
11
Energy kJ
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
2
3
2
5
2
2
—
6
4
1
2
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
4
0.7
SSW
4
0.7
S
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.5
S
5
0.7
SSE
6
1
S
6
0.8
S
5
0.8
S
6
0.7
S
6
1
SSW
6
—
0.4
NE
3
0.5
NE
3
0.4
NE
4
0.6
ENE
4
0.5
E
6
—
—
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
SSE
3
0.4
SSE
3
0.5
S
4
0.6
S
4
Energy kJ
29
17
16
10
11
33
60
33
38
30
63
—
2
5
5
13
15
—
—
12
3
4
7
10
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Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Distance (km)
884
462
461
461
28
110
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394
356
12
3
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242
861
806
631
805
795
734
1035
1196
1210
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Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
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Fullers
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Boners
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Fullers
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Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
3
3
1
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
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Rating
(10 max)
5
6
6
5
7
5
5
5
7
7
6
7
6
5
6
7
9
6
5
5
5
4
9
5
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