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Southeast

Waccamaw River Entrance

South Carolina · NOAA station 8662931 · Tide predictions

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

33.3667, -79.2550

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 4.6 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 10:45 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -0.9 ft — Sun Jan 24 · 4:56 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 4.7 ft on Mon Aug 2

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sun Jan 245:36 PM-0.5 ft
Mon Jan 256:21 PM-0.5 ft
Mon Feb 225:07 PM-0.4 ft
Sat Jan 234:50 PM-0.4 ft
Wed Jan 277:25 AM-0.4 ft
Sun Feb 214:23 PM-0.4 ft
Tue Feb 235:49 PM-0.4 ft
Sat Dec 187:14 AM-0.4 ft
Mon Jul 55:42 PM-0.4 ft
Tue Jul 66:37 PM-0.4 ft

214 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

Waccamaw River Entrance 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 range4.0 ft
Mean range3.6 ft
RegionSoutheast
NOAA chart11532
Station since1977