Know the Tide

Know the tide.

Southeast

Garden City Bridge

Main Creek · South Carolina · NOAA station 8661419 · Tide predictions

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

33.5783, -79.0033

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 5.5 ft — Sat Oct 30 · 9:53 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -0.7 ft — Sun Jan 24 · 4:35 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 5.4 ft on Sat Jan 23

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sun Jan 245:15 PM-0.6 ft
Sat Jan 234:30 PM-0.6 ft
Mon Jan 255:58 PM-0.6 ft
Mon Feb 224:45 PM-0.6 ft
Sun Feb 214:02 PM-0.6 ft
Tue Feb 235:25 PM-0.5 ft
Tue Jan 266:39 PM-0.5 ft
Sat Feb 203:16 PM-0.4 ft
Fri Jan 223:42 PM-0.4 ft
Mon Mar 224:30 PM-0.4 ft

155 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

Garden City Bridge, Main Creek 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 range4.8 ft
Mean range4.3 ft
RegionSoutheast
NOAA chart11535
Station since1974