Garden City Pier surf break

Garden City Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
15.1° C
(Which is 5.0°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 10AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.6
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)566677748844488755555577
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4750646435179955657661413131010711145
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
E
20
SE
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
1.16
4:10PM
0.97
5:02AM
1.17
5:13PM
1.00
6:00AM
1.21
6:11PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
0.27
11:20PM
0.21
12:16PM
0.24
12:22AM
0.18
1:12PM
0.20
1:20AM
0.13
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-7:30-------7:28-------7:28------
Sunset----7:21-------7:21-------7:22---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---21-------------------
Temp. °C202023128777671014171615151413141616161818
Feels °C (?)1817195-1-11112510121212121211121212131616
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