Know the Tide

Know the tide.

Southeast

Fripps Inlet

Hunting Island Bridge · South Carolina · NOAA station 8668498 · Tide predictions

· Eastern Time · Feet / MLLW (mean lower low water)

32.3400, -80.4650

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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time

On the water nearby

Fripp Nearshore, SC (FRP2) buoy · 5 mi SE · Station 41033
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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 7.9 ft — Mon Aug 2 · 8:46 PM

Lowest predicted low tide: -1.5 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 1:58 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 9.1 ft on Sat Jan 23

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sun Feb 212:11 PM-1.1 ft
Mon Feb 222:56 PM-1.1 ft
Sun Jan 243:23 PM-1.1 ft
Sat Jan 232:36 PM-1.1 ft
Tue Aug 33:23 PM-1.1 ft
Mon Jul 53:38 PM-1.1 ft
Mon Aug 22:28 PM-1.1 ft
Sun Jul 42:44 PM-1.0 ft
Tue Jul 64:31 PM-1.0 ft
Sat Feb 201:24 PM-1.0 ft

210 minus tides (below 0 ft) are predicted here in 2027. The table shows up to the 10 lowest that fall between 7 AM and 7 PM — the ones worth planning a clam dig or tidepool walk around.

About this station

Fripps Inlet, Hunting Island Bridge is one of NOAA's reference tide stations — its predictions are computed directly from harmonic analysis of water levels observed here, and other nearby stations are calculated from it.

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.

Diurnal range6.7 ft
Mean range6.1 ft
RegionSoutheast
NOAA chart11513
Station since1977