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Southeast

Richmond Plantation

East Branch · South Carolina · NOAA station 8663665 · Tide predictions

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

33.0767, -79.8550

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 3.7 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 1:14 PM

Lowest predicted low tide: -2.0 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 5:44 AM

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

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Mon Jan 257:29 AM-1.6 ft
Sat Jan 236:27 PM-1.5 ft
Sun Feb 216:01 PM-1.5 ft
Mon Feb 226:46 PM-1.4 ft
Tue Feb 237:11 AM-1.4 ft
Fri Jan 225:37 PM-1.3 ft
Sat Feb 205:15 PM-1.3 ft
Sun Jul 46:27 PM-1.2 ft
Tue Jan 268:21 AM-1.2 ft
Tue Mar 237:04 AM-1.1 ft

238 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

NOAA builds the predictions for Richmond Plantation, East Branch from the CHARLESTON (Customhouse Wharf) station: high tides about 0.54× the height, 223 min later; low tides about 1.37× the height, 223 min later.

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 range3.1 ft
Mean range2.7 ft
RegionSoutheast
NOAA chart11527
Station since1976