Know the Tide

Know the tide.

South Carolina tide charts

247 NOAA tide stations in South Carolina.

Stations247
Reference stations33
Subordinate stations214
Biggest range8.7 ft

Popular shores in South Carolina

All South Carolina stations

About South Carolina tides

Georgia and the Carolinas run the biggest ranges on the Southeast coast — 7 to 10 ft through marsh creeks and barrier-island inlets that rearrange themselves with every storm.

South Carolina has 247 NOAA tide stations — 33 reference stations whose predictions come from harmonic analysis of observations there, and 214 subordinate stations calculated from them. The biggest tidal range in the state is at Baileys Landing, Okatee River, Colleton River — 8.7 ft between mean higher high water and mean lower low water.