Garden City Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.58° N 79.00° W

Garden City Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Garden City Pier sea temperature is
25.0°C
0.3° 

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 (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Garden City Pier at 10PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
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)
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
1.2
NE
5
1.3
ENE
8
0.9
E
9
1.3
E
9
1.3
E
10
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
ENE
10
0.9
ESE
13
1
ESE
13
1.1
ESE
14
1.2
E
14
1.1
E
14
1
E
13
1
E
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
3
3
77
224
129
300
313
265
268
262
306
276
249
361
492
526
447
361
336
Wind (km/h)
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
35
N
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:12PM1.34m
2:17AM1.12m
3:06PM1.32m
3:17AM1.13m
4:02PM1.32m
Low Tide
8:26AM0.31m
9:23PM0.38m
9:20AM0.34m
10:20PM0.39m
10:21AM0.35m
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:22
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7:22
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6:39
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6:38
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6:37
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 mm
3
1
1
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Temp °C
15
14
13
11
11
10
9
8
10
15
17
16
13
10
9
8
12
16
18
17
15
Feels °C
9
7
6
3
4
2
1
-1
2
8
11
10
7
4
3
2
6
10
13
13
11
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