Myrtle Beach tides today
Springmaid Pier, on the open Atlantic at the south end of Myrtle Beach, is the reference tide station for the Grand Strand.
Shaded: night. Green bands: solunar periods (thick = major, thin = minor). Heights in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of NOAA charts.
Myrtle Beach, SC · Tuesday, October 13
Tide rising, 1.5 ft now
High 9:58 PM
5.0 ft · in 4 h 17 min
| Low | 3:32 AM | 0.6 ft |
| High | 9:47 AM | 6.1 ft |
| Low | 4:10 PM | 0.8 ft |
| High | 9:58 PM | 5.0 ft |
Tide coefficient 103 (average), range 5.5 ft
Sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
Waxing crescent, 9% lit · fishing day ★★☆☆
Solunar: major 1:56 AM–3:56 AM, minor 9:49 AM–10:49 AM, major 2:20 PM–4:20 PM, minor 7:47 PM–8:47 PM
Myrtle Beach tide table, next 7 days
| Day | High tides | Low tides | Coef. | Sun | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:47 AM 6.1 ft · 9:58 PM 5.0 ft | 3:32 AM 0.6 ft · 4:10 PM 0.8 ft | 103 | 7:19 AM–6:44 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 10:29 AM 5.9 ft · 10:40 PM 4.7 ft | 4:10 AM 0.9 ft · 4:51 PM 1.1 ft | 94 | 7:20 AM–6:43 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 11:16 AM 5.6 ft · 11:28 PM 4.5 ft | 4:49 AM 1.1 ft · 5:34 PM 1.3 ft | 84 | 7:21 AM–6:42 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 12:09 PM 5.3 ft | 5:31 AM 1.3 ft · 6:20 PM 1.6 ft | 75 | 7:21 AM–6:41 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 12:23 AM 4.3 ft · 1:04 PM 5.2 ft | 6:17 AM 1.5 ft · 7:11 PM 1.7 ft | 69 | 7:22 AM–6:39 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 1:17 AM 4.2 ft · 1:57 PM 5.1 ft | 7:09 AM 1.6 ft · 8:07 PM 1.8 ft | 66 | 7:23 AM–6:38 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 2:11 AM 4.3 ft · 2:47 PM 5.1 ft | 8:08 AM 1.7 ft · 9:07 PM 1.7 ft | 65 | 7:24 AM–6:37 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ |
Plan around the tide at Myrtle Beach
No window of 30 minutes or more below 1.0 ft over the next 7 days in daylight. Try a higher level.
A falling tide uncovers sand bars and tide pools first; plan to be back before the water rises past the level you chose. Not for navigation.
Station Springmaid Pier, Myrtle beach (NOAA 8661070). Predicted astronomical tide: wind, river flow and storms can move the real water by a foot or more. 5.3 ft is the average daily range here.
Published by Radif Partners · How the tides are computed · predictions downloaded October 13, 2026
Tide times for Myrtle Beach come from the National Ocean Service prediction for station 8661070, Springmaid Pier, Myrtle beach. The tide here is semidiurnal: two highs and two lows of similar height every day, about six hours and a quarter apart, with an average daily range of 5.3 ft. Around the new and full moon the range grows to about 6.8 ft on one day in ten, and at the quarter moons it shrinks to 4.0 ft. Heights are in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of nautical charts, so a negative number is water below that zero: 156 of the 457 days from October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 have one, down to -1.4 ft on January 23, 2027. The highest predicted tide of that period is 6.9 ft on October 1, 2027. Clock times are Eastern Time, daylight saving time included.
Ocean side or waterway side: two different tides
The times on this page are for the ocean. Springmaid Pier stands in the surf of the Grand Strand, so its tide is the one that decides how much hard sand you get for a morning walk or how far the swash climbs toward the dunes. Drive four miles inland to the Intracoastal Waterway and the water follows another clock: NOAA predicts its Combination Bridge station with high water 176 minutes after Charleston Harbor and heights scaled to about a third, and the Socastee Bridge, further up the canal, later still. Anyone launching at a waterway ramp in the afternoon should read a waterway station, not this one, because the high on the canal can arrive close to three hours after the high at the pier.
Southwest along the beach, NOAA keeps a separate station at Garden City Pier, seven miles away, and another on Main Creek behind it at the Garden City Bridge: if you fish the creeks of the Murrells Inlet marsh rather than the surf, those are the closer predictions to look up.
What 5.3 ft of range means on this beach
The Grand Strand is a wide, gently sloping beach, so a typical day's swing moves the waterline a long way horizontally. At low water you can walk the firm, wet sand that is under the swash at high water, and around the new and full moon the lows drop below 0 ft (MLLW) on 156 days of the prediction period, the best mornings for shelling and for finding the runnels between the bars. On the highest tides of the year, October 1, 2027 among them, the water can reach the foot of the dunes at the narrow spots, and an onshore wind adds to it.
Pier fishing and the turn of the tide
Pier anglers on the Strand tend to watch the turn: the first hours of the incoming tide push bait over the bars toward the pilings. The solunar periods on the chart above give the moon's part; the tide table gives the water's. When a major period lands within an hour of a tide change, both are working for you, and the planner below finds the hours the water stays above a level if your spot only fishes well on a higher tide.
Highest and lowest tides at Myrtle Beach, 2026 to 2027
The six highest highs and six lowest lows predicted for Springmaid Pier, Myrtle beach between October 1, 2026 and December 31, 2027, one per day. The high-water dates are the king tides of this station; the low-water dates are the best days to see the flats, bars and tide pools.
| Highest highs | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2027 | 8:51 AM | 6.9 ft |
| October 27, 2026 | 8:36 AM | 6.9 ft |
| September 30, 2027 | 8:04 AM | 6.9 ft |
| October 28, 2026 | 9:24 AM | 6.9 ft |
| November 25, 2026 | 7:19 AM | 6.8 ft |
| October 29, 2027 | 7:43 AM | 6.8 ft |
| Lowest lows | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2027 | 1:31 AM | -1.4 ft |
| January 24, 2027 | 2:24 AM | -1.4 ft |
| February 21, 2027 | 1:17 AM | -1.3 ft |
| January 22, 2027 | 12:36 AM | -1.3 ft |
| February 22, 2027 | 2:08 AM | -1.3 ft |
| February 20, 2027 | 12:24 AM | -1.2 ft |
Tidal datums at station 8661070
NOAA's averages over the 1983-2001 epoch, measured from the chart zero (MLLW). Average range of the tide (MN): 5.0 ft; great diurnal range (GT): 5.6 ft.
| Datum | Meaning | Height above MLLW |
|---|---|---|
| MHHW | Mean Higher High Water | 5.6 ft |
| MHW | Mean High Water | 5.2 ft |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level | 2.7 ft |
| MLW | Mean Low Water | 0.2 ft |
| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water (chart zero) | 0.0 ft |
Other stations nearby
- Charleston tides: CHARLESTON (Customhouse Wharf), average range 5.6 ft, highest predicted tide 6.9 ft on October 1, 2027
- Folly Beach tides: Folly River Bridge, Folly Island, average range 5.6 ft, highest predicted tide 7.0 ft on October 1, 2027
- Hilton Head tides: Port Royal Plantation, Hilton Head Island, average range 6.3 ft, highest predicted tide 7.8 ft on October 27, 2026