Garden City Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.58° N 79.00° W

Garden City Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 14 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Garden City Pier sea temperature is
28.7° C
0.5° 

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 (14 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 3s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Garden City Pier at 5PM is: 0.5m 3s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (14 Aug)1ft (0.3m)3s
Evening (14 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 34°C on Mon morning, min 27°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
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
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
13
0.1
SE
8
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.7
SSW
4
0.4
S
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SE
8
0.6
S
4
0.7
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
2
5
6
7
8
9
21
7
7
11
12
22
23
34
8
8
11
10
10
10
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
S
30
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
W
5
SW
10
WSW
0
N
15
SSE
20
S
15
SW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:54AM1.47m
11:10PM1.56m
11:41AM1.48m
11:53PM1.48m
12:27PM1.45m
Low Tide
5:43PM-0.06m
6:11AM-0.04m
6:30PM0.01m
6:53AM-0.00m
7:17PM0.09m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:02
8:01
8:00
 mm
3
1
Temp °C
30
32
31
30
29
29
28
28
31
33
31
30
29
29
29
28
31
31
30
29
30
Feels °C
33
33
31
32
31
32
32
32
34
35
31
32
32
33
33
31
35
33
32
32
33
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