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Garden City Pier surf break

Garden City Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 17 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
13.7° C
 (Which is 6.5°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 7AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (17 Mar)1ft (0.3m)7s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)888888778899999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1058059422928141022243839383838373753545447474746
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
25
N
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ESE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
1.35
8:38PM
1.34
9:06AM
1.37
9:22PM
1.43
9:48AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
0.00
3:29PM
-0.01
3:47AM
-0.05
4:10PM
-0.06
4:32AM
-0.08
4:50PM
-0.10
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---7:24-------7:22-------7:20----
Sunset------7:23-------7:24-------7:25-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C86313810108421368998779121213
Feels °C (?)-1-1-4-6-32353-4-5-6-3245532248810
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