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Know the tide.

Southeast

Pimlico

West Branch · South Carolina · NOAA station 8663539 · Tide predictions

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

33.0950, -79.9533

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 2.4 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 12:50 PM

Lowest predicted low tide: -1.3 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 5:54 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 3.4 ft on Sat Jan 23

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Mon Jan 257:39 AM-1.1 ft
Sat Jan 236:37 PM-1.0 ft
Sun Feb 216:11 PM-0.9 ft
Mon Feb 226:56 PM-0.9 ft
Tue Feb 237:21 AM-0.9 ft
Fri Jan 225:47 PM-0.8 ft
Sat Feb 205:25 PM-0.8 ft
Tue Jan 268:31 AM-0.7 ft
Sun Jul 46:37 PM-0.7 ft
Tue Mar 237:14 AM-0.7 ft

239 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 Pimlico, West Branch from the CHARLESTON (Customhouse Wharf) station: high tides about 0.34× the height, 199 min later; low tides about 0.89× the height, 233 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 range2.1 ft
Mean range1.7 ft
RegionSoutheast
NOAA chart11527
Station since1976