Myrtle Beach Tide Chart & Tide Times

Myrtle Beach tide times for the next 7 days

30-day Myrtle Beach tide table

In this 30-day table the highest crest and the lowest water land on one date.

The lowest water in that table is a minus tide, under the datum.

Myrtle Beach tide profile for the next 12 months

Tide type: semidiurnal (two highs, two lows)

Two highs and two lows a day are the normal pattern in this window. 25 dates out of 365 carry a single crest. That even, repeating cycle is a semidiurnal tide.

On a two-crest date the lesser peak falls noticeably short of the greater peak. You can see the gap when you read both highs, but the second peak is still there.

The taller crest usually arrives around the middle of the day. Late morning and early afternoon hold that higher high water on a typical date.

How much the tide rises and falls

The average daily rise is 5.3 ft. The shore gains and loses a wide strip of beach between the lower low and the higher high. The range is moderate.

Spring peaks and neap lulls stay close. An ordinary day and the biggest day are the same kind of rise, not two different shores.

Minus tides show up on a real share of dates, not on most of them. Low water is below the datum on 138 dates out of 365 dates that have a low.

The other published South Carolina station has a larger average daily rise than this one.

Highest and lowest predicted tides of the next 12 months

The lowest predicted water of the window falls in winter, at -1.4 ft on January 23, 2027 at 1:31 AM.

That lowest water falls outside daylight, so the year's extreme is not a daytime exposure.

Best low tides for tide pooling in Myrtle Beach

Daylight exposure of the bottom is a regular seasonal event. Walkers get repeated chances, spread through the year, not one holiday weekend.

The next 12 months have 110 dates with a daylight minus tide.

Those daylight lows cluster from late morning through mid-afternoon. The useful window sits well after sunrise and well before sunset.

The daylight-minus dates come in two waves, one in the cool months and one in the warm months. A single season does not hold them all.

Download the daylight minus tides (ICS)

Spring tides, neap tides and king tides in Myrtle Beach

The three highest crests in the window all fall in daylight. You can see those peaks without a lamp.

The single highest crest of the window falls in fall.

Highest tide of each month

King tides in Myrtle Beach

Moon phases and the tide

The month's tallest crest lands on the same date as the new moon or the full moon. The lag after the new or full moon, measured as the median across this window, is under half a day.

Sunrise, sunset and daylight low tides

Clock times on this page are EDT, already shifted when daylight saving is in effect.

Tides at nearby stations

High water at the nearest published station arrives later than it does here, by tens of minutes. The crest travels, and this station sees it first.

The rise at that neighboring station is about the same size as the rise here. The two pages differ in clock time more than in how far the water climbs.

That neighbor is on the same regional coast, tens to a couple of hundred kilometers off. It is a fair comparison for how the wave travels, and it is not the next pier.

South Carolina tide charts

NOAA stations that use Myrtle Beach as a reference

14 subordinate stations take NOAA predictions from Myrtle Beach.

• Allston Creek
• Captain Alex's Marina, Parsonage Creek
• Cherry Grove (inside)
• Divine's Dock
• Dunn Sound, Little River Inlet
• Dunn Sound, north end
• Dunn Sound, west end
• Hog Inlet Pier
• Litchfield Beach bridge
• Little River Neck, north end
• Midway Inlet North, Pawleys Island
• Oaks Creek, 0.5 mi. above entrance
• Smith's Dock
• Sunset Beach Bridge

Myrtle Beach tide questions

When is the lowest tide in Myrtle Beach over the next 12 months?

The lowest predicted water of the window falls in winter, at -1.4 ft on January 23, 2027 at 1:31 AM. That lowest water falls outside daylight, so the year's extreme is not a daytime exposure.

When are king tides in Myrtle Beach?

On this site a king tide is one of the 3 highest predicted highs in the window, not a flood warning. At Myrtle Beach those highs are 6.9 ft on October 1, 2027 at 8:51 AM (in daylight); 6.9 ft on October 27, 2026 at 8:36 AM (in daylight); 6.9 ft on September 30, 2027 at 8:04 AM (in daylight). The three highest crests in the window all fall in daylight. You can see those peaks without a lamp.

When is the best time for tide pooling in Myrtle Beach?

Daylight exposure of the bottom is a regular seasonal event. Walkers get repeated chances, spread through the year, not one holiday weekend. The next 12 months have 110 dates with a daylight minus tide. The daylight-minus dates come in two waves, one in the cool months and one in the warm months. A single season does not hold them all. Those daylight lows cluster from late morning through mid-afternoon. The useful window sits well after sunrise and well before sunset.

How much does the tide change in Myrtle Beach?

The average daily rise is 5.3 ft. The shore gains and loses a wide strip of beach between the lower low and the higher high. The range is moderate. Spring peaks and neap lulls stay close. An ordinary day and the biggest day are the same kind of rise, not two different shores.

About this data

Predictions, not observations. Not for navigation.

Heights are feet above MLLW. Times are local to the station. Data: NOAA CO-OPS.

NOAA station 8661070 · Methodology