Garden City Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.58° N 79.00° W

Garden City Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Garden City Pier sea temperature is
28.7°C
0.7° 

Garden City Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Garden City Pier today (26 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Garden City Pier at 10PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)--
Afternoon (26 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.5
SSE
4
0.5
SSE
5
0.5
SSE
5
0.6
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.6
SSE
4
0.5
SSE
4
0.7
S
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
8
0.5
SSE
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.5
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
7
12
13
14
16
19
16
11
19
15
8
8
28
13
7
11
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSE
20
WSW
5
ENE
5
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:41PM1.48m
8:49AM1.30m
9:18PM1.49m
9:29AM1.36m
9:54PM1.48m
Low Tide
3:08PM0.11m
3:46AM0.13m
3:50PM0.09m
4:24AM0.09m
4:31PM0.07m
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
mod rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:49
7:47
7:46
 mm
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
10
19
1
Temp °C
28
27
27
27
26
26
27
29
28
27
27
27
27
25
28
29
26
24
25
Feels °C
29
29
28
29
28
29
30
30
28
28
29
29
29
28
30
29
26
27
29
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