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Ward's Dock

Pawleys Inlet · South Carolina · NOAA station 8662071 · Tide predictions

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

33.4117, -79.1350

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 4.7 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 9:40 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -0.6 ft — Fri Jan 22 · 2:00 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 4.7 ft on Sun Jul 4

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Mon Jan 255:22 PM-0.4 ft
Tue Jan 266:10 PM-0.4 ft
Mon Feb 224:00 PM-0.4 ft
Sun Jan 244:32 PM-0.4 ft
Tue Feb 234:47 PM-0.3 ft
Sun Feb 213:13 PM-0.3 ft
Wed Jan 276:57 PM-0.3 ft
Sun Jul 43:38 PM-0.3 ft
Sat Jan 233:44 PM-0.3 ft
Wed Feb 245:36 PM-0.3 ft

103 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

Ward's Dock, Pawleys Inlet 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 range3.8 ft
Mean range3.3 ft
RegionSoutheast
NOAA chart11534
Station since1975