Garden City Pier Surf Forecast

/ Carolina South (23 breaks) / South Carolina (21 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.58° N 79.00° W)

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Garden City Pier surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

12 Day Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 24.7° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Garden City Pier this week:

The most powerful waves expected at Garden City Pier in the next 12 days are 1.0m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Sep 21) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.

Wave Type	Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height & Period
Next good surf (1 star+)	-	-
Best Surf	-	-
Most Powerful	8PM (Sun 21st Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m) 6s

Table - best surf conditions forecast for Garden City Pier over the next 12 days.

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	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.									Days 3-6 Weather Summary Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	E	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	6	6	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	6	8	7	7	11	17	17	26	34	36	27	33	31	66	44	38	38	38	33	31	14
Wind (km/h)	ENE	SE	SW	NE	SSE	WNW	ENE	ESE	NE	NE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	SSE	WSW	NW	SSE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:24PM 1.54		7:50AM 1.38		8:11PM 1.54	8:36AM 1.44		8:53PM 1.53	9:18AM 1.48		9:31PM 1.49	9:57AM 1.50		10:06PM 1.45	10:33AM 1.50		10:40PM 1.39	11:09AM 1.48		11:12PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	1:48PM 0.11		2:30AM 0.17		2:39PM 0.09	3:13AM 0.13		3:26PM 0.07	3:52AM 0.10		4:09PM 0.08	4:29AM 0.09		4:49PM 0.10		5:04AM 0.11	5:29PM 0.14		5:38AM 0.13	6:07PM 0.19

	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	7:17	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:09	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	4	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	23	25	25	26	27	25	24	25	24	24	26	25	21	25	25	24	25	25	25	27	26
Feels °C (?)	24	26	26	28	27	25	24	24	24	23	25	25	21	27	27	27	28	27	28	29	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina South

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Garden City Pier (light winds from the NE at BUOY-MROS1 11 km from Garden City Pier). 0.3m 8s swell from the ESE with a 0.2m 3s local chop from the S and a 0.2m 9s swell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Information about the Garden City Pier Surf forecast

The above surf forecast table for Garden City Pier provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 12 days. A general guide to surfing at Garden City Pier can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Garden City Pier surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Garden City Pier) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).

Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Garden City Pier may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.

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