Charleston Tide Chart
Predicted water level and the next high and low tide in Charleston, SC
Monday, November 9, 3:37 PM
Highest on November 9, 6.4 ft at 7:39 AM
1.4 ft
Rising, high tide at 7:43 PM
Next high tide7:43 PMNovember 9, 5.3 ft
Next low tide1:52 AMNovember 10, 0.4 ft
Tide table on Monday, November 9
- 1:13 AMLow tide0.3 ft
- 7:39 AMHigh tide6.4 ft
- 1:58 PMLow tide0.5 ft
- 7:43 PMHigh tide5.3 ft
Tide chart for Monday, November 9
Charleston tide table for 7 daysNightHeights in feet above mean lower low water
Predictions from NOAA station Customhouse Wharf, near Charleston. These are predictions, not live readings. How we use NOAA tide data
This tide chart for Charleston, SC, is built on one of NOAA’s longest-running stations. Its gauge at Customhouse Wharf, just over a kilometer from the Battery, dates from September 1899 in NOAA’s records and has no end date. It is also the gauge the City of Charleston’s TIDEeye tool watches when it tracks the tide and flooded roads.
The station sits inside the harbor, so the times fit the downtown waterfront and the harbor shore best. For the ocean beach, use the Folly Beach page, linked at the bottom.
Charleston tide table for the next 7 days
From November 9 to November 15, the lowest tide in Charleston is 0.3 ft on Monday, November 9, at 1:13 AM, before sunrise.
Monday, November 9 has both the biggest swing, 6.0 ft, and the highest tide, 6.4 ft at 7:39 AM.
Predicted tide from Monday, November 9 to Sunday, November 15. The water ranges from 0.3 ft on Monday, November 9, at 1:13 AM to 6.4 ft on Monday, November 9, at 7:39 AM.
Shaded parts are night.
| Date | Low tides | High tides | Sunrise | Sunset | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 | 1:13 AM, 0.3 ft1:58 PM, 0.5 ft | 7:39 AM, 6.4 ft7:43 PM, 5.3 ft | 6:45 AM | 5:22 PM | New moon at 2:02 AM |
| Tue 10 | 1:52 AM, 0.4 ft2:40 PM, 0.6 ft | 8:18 AM, 6.3 ft8:23 PM, 5.2 ft | 6:45 AM | 5:22 PM | Waxing crescent, 2% lit |
| Wed 11 | 2:29 AM, 0.6 ft3:19 PM, 0.8 ft | 8:56 AM, 6.1 ft9:02 PM, 5.0 ft | 6:46 AM | 5:21 PM | Waxing crescent, 6% lit |
| Thu 12 | 3:05 AM, 0.7 ft3:58 PM, 1.0 ft | 9:34 AM, 5.9 ft9:42 PM, 4.9 ft | 6:47 AM | 5:20 PM | Waxing crescent, 11% lit |
| Fri 13 | 3:41 AM, 0.9 ft4:37 PM, 1.1 ft | 10:13 AM, 5.7 ft10:23 PM, 4.7 ft | 6:48 AM | 5:20 PM | Waxing crescent, 17% lit |
| Sat 14 | 4:19 AM, 1.0 ft5:17 PM, 1.3 ft | 10:54 AM, 5.5 ft11:06 PM, 4.6 ft | 6:49 AM | 5:19 PM | Waxing crescent, 25% lit |
| Sun 15 | 5:01 AM, 1.2 ft6:02 PM, 1.4 ft | 11:39 AM, 5.3 ft11:54 PM, 4.6 ft | 6:50 AM | 5:18 PM | Waxing crescent, 33% lit |
Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
High tide in Charleston, SC
- Next high tide in Charleston
- Next: Monday, November 9 at 7:43 PM, 5.3 ft
- Next low tide in Charleston
- Next: Tuesday, November 10 at 1:52 AM, 0.4 ft
The highest of the next 30 days (November 9 to December 8) in Charleston is 6.8 ft, on Wednesday, November 25, at 7:52 AM. 4 of the 5 highest come in daylight, 1 after dark.
| Date | High tide | Height | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 9 | 7:43 PM | 5.3 ft | After dark |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 8:18 AM | 6.3 ft | Daylight |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 8:23 PM | 5.2 ft | After dark |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 8:56 AM | 6.1 ft | Daylight |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 9:02 PM | 5.0 ft | After dark |
| Thursday, November 12 | 9:34 AM | 5.9 ft | Daylight |
| Thursday, November 12 | 9:42 PM | 4.9 ft | After dark |
| Friday, November 13 | 10:13 AM | 5.7 ft | Daylight |
| Friday, November 13 | 10:23 PM | 4.7 ft | After dark |
| Saturday, November 14 | 10:54 AM | 5.5 ft | Daylight |
| Date | High tide | Height | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, November 25 | 7:52 AM | 6.8 ft | Daylight |
| Thursday, November 26 | 8:48 AM | 6.7 ft | Daylight |
| Tuesday, November 24 | 6:59 AM | 6.7 ft | Daylight |
| Friday, November 27 | 9:45 AM | 6.6 ft | Daylight |
| Monday, November 23 | 6:09 AM | 6.5 ft | After dark |
Highest high tide of each day, top five. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
High tide in Charleston matters for more than the waterfront. The city’s TIDEeye page puts an average high tide at about 5.5 ft on the scale this page uses, and says minor coastal flooding typically begins at 7.0 ft; as the tide nears 7.5 ft, roads can become impassable and are closed. NOAA’s records for the station set the National Weather Service flood levels at the same 7.0 ft for minor flooding, with moderate from 7.5 ft and major from 8.0 ft. The predictions in the tables leave out wind and rain, which can lift the harbor above them, so on days when a predicted high comes close to 7 ft, check TIDEeye for road closures before driving downtown.
Flooding at the wharf has become more frequent. NOAA counts the days the measured harbor reached its own minor flood level of about 7.6 ft, slightly above the Weather Service’s: no more than four days a year from 2000 to 2011, then 10 in 2012, 14 in both 2019 and 2020, and 19 in 2023, when the water also passed NOAA’s moderate level on two days.
Part of the reason is the sea itself. NOAA’s trend for this gauge, from monthly records that start in 1901, is a rise of 1.38 inches a decade, give or take 0.04, or about 17 inches across the record.
What a big tide looks like in practice: before the high tides of October 9 and 10, 2025, which the city expected at 8.0 and 8.5 ft, it told residents not to drive or walk through flooded streets, to move cars away from low spots and storm drains, and to use two garages it opened for free storm parking, the Charleston Tech Center Garage on Morrison Drive and the 99 WestEdge Garage. Even there it advised against ground-level spaces, since lower levels can take on water at the peak. It warned that roads would be worst in the hours just before and after each morning high, which is the window to plan around when the tables show a high near those heights.
King tides in Charleston, SC
No predicted high tide at Customhouse Wharf reaches 7.0 ft, the National Weather Service's minor flood level for this gauge, from November 9, 2026 to November 8, 2027, so the table lists the five highest instead. The highest is 6.9 ft on Friday, October 1, 2027, at 9:31 AM, 0.1 ft below that level. The earliest of the five comes on Thursday, September 30, 2027, at 8:41 AM (6.9 ft).
| Date | High tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 30, 2027 | 8:41 AM | 6.9 ft |
| Friday, October 1, 2027 | 9:31 AM | 6.9 ft |
| Thursday, October 28, 2027 | 7:33 AM | 6.8 ft |
| Friday, October 29, 2027 | 8:20 AM | 6.9 ft |
| Saturday, October 30, 2027 | 9:07 AM | 6.8 ft |
Astronomical predictions from NOAA. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
NOAA publishes no official king tide list. "King tide" is the common name for the highest predicted tides, a term NOAA calls popular and non-scientific, so this page lists them as the highest predicted tides. They are astronomical predictions only, worked out from the moon and sun: wind, rain and storm surge can push the actual water higher or lower than the list shows.
A king tide in Charleston is a date to watch, not a flood forecast. The heights in this list come from the tide alone, and downtown floods when the weather adds water on top. NOAA’s records for Customhouse Wharf show how much that can be. On the morning of October 10, 2025, the gauge’s astronomical prediction was 6.9 ft, just under the 7.0 ft at which the city says minor flooding typically begins. The water NOAA measured that morning peaked at 8.4 ft, a foot and a half higher and above the Weather Service’s major flood level of 8.0 ft. The morning before, the prediction was 7.1 ft and the measured peak 7.9 ft. Those were the two mornings the city opened free garages and told residents to stay out of flooded streets.
The flood-day counts above are measured water too, so they include whatever the wind and rain added; this list does not. Read its dates as the days when it takes the least extra water to reach the streets. On those days, and on any day the tables show a high near 7 ft, check TIDEeye for closed roads before you drive downtown.
Charleston tide calendar for November and December
Each day shows its lowest low tide between sunrise and sunset, in feet. The deeper the blue, the lower that tide.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 1: no low tide in daylight | Monday, November 2: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 7:39 AM | Tuesday, November 3: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 8:45 AM | Wednesday, November 4: lowest daylight tide 0.6 ft at 9:48 AM | Thursday, November 5: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 10:46 AM | Friday, November 6: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 11:40 AM | Saturday, November 7: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 12:29 PM |
| Sunday, November 8: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 1:15 PM | Monday, November 9: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 1:58 PM | Tuesday, November 10: lowest daylight tide 0.6 ft at 2:40 PM | Wednesday, November 11: lowest daylight tide 0.8 ft at 3:19 PM | Thursday, November 12: lowest daylight tide 1.0 ft at 3:58 PM | Friday, November 13: lowest daylight tide 1.1 ft at 4:37 PM | Saturday, November 14: lowest daylight tide 1.3 ft at 5:17 PM |
| Sunday, November 15: no low tide in daylight | Monday, November 16: no low tide in daylight | Tuesday, November 17: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, November 18: lowest daylight tide 1.3 ft at 7:49 AM | Thursday, November 19: lowest daylight tide 1.2 ft at 8:51 AM | Friday, November 20: lowest daylight tide 1.0 ft at 9:52 AM | Saturday, November 21: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 10:51 AM |
| Sunday, November 22: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 11:48 AM | Monday, November 23: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 12:42 PM | Tuesday, November 24: lowest daylight tide 0.0 ft at 1:35 PM | Wednesday, November 25: lowest daylight tide −0.1 ft at 2:28 PM | Thursday, November 26: lowest daylight tide −0.1 ft at 3:20 PM | Friday, November 27: lowest daylight tide 0.0 ft at 4:13 PM | Saturday, November 28: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 5:08 PM |
| Sunday, November 29: no low tide in daylight | Monday, November 30: no low tide in daylight |
November's lowest tide in daylight drops to −0.1 ft on Wednesday, November 25 at 2:28 PM.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, December 1: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 7:23 AM | Wednesday, December 2: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 8:28 AM | Thursday, December 3: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 9:30 AM | Friday, December 4: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 10:27 AM | Saturday, December 5: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 11:20 AM | ||
| Sunday, December 6: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 12:09 PM | Monday, December 7: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 12:54 PM | Tuesday, December 8: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 1:36 PM | Wednesday, December 9: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 2:16 PM | Thursday, December 10: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 2:54 PM | Friday, December 11: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 3:31 PM | Saturday, December 12: lowest daylight tide 0.6 ft at 4:06 PM |
| Sunday, December 13: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 4:42 PM | Monday, December 14: no low tide in daylight | Tuesday, December 15: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, December 16: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, December 17: no low tide in daylight | Friday, December 18: lowest daylight tide 0.8 ft at 8:15 AM | Saturday, December 19: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 9:21 AM |
| Sunday, December 20: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 10:25 AM | Monday, December 21: lowest daylight tide 0.1 ft at 11:27 AM | Tuesday, December 22: lowest daylight tide −0.2 ft at 12:24 PM | Wednesday, December 23: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 1:20 PM | Thursday, December 24: lowest daylight tide −0.6 ft at 2:13 PM | Friday, December 25: lowest daylight tide −0.6 ft at 3:05 PM | Saturday, December 26: lowest daylight tide −0.6 ft at 3:56 PM |
| Sunday, December 27: lowest daylight tide −0.5 ft at 4:47 PM | Monday, December 28: no low tide in daylight | Tuesday, December 29: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, December 30: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, December 31: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 8:04 AM |
On Friday, December 25 at 3:05 PM, December's lowest daylight tide dips to −0.6 ft.
Read together, the weekly table and this calendar work like SC tide tables for Charleston Harbor, rebuilt from NOAA’s predictions every week rather than printed once a year.
Charleston Harbor tides in November
One run of big tides gives November both its extremes in Charleston: a high of 6.8 ft on Wednesday, November 25, at 7:52 AM, and a low of −0.6 ft on Thursday, November 26, at 2:25 AM.
It falls before sunrise, so the month's lowest water is not a daylight one.
An average November day moves the water 5.6 ft from highest high to lowest low, and December matches it to the tenth of a foot.
With the sun and moon in line, the daily range peaks at 7.3 ft on Wednesday, November 25, 1 day after the full moon on November 24.
The smallest, 3.9 ft on Tuesday, November 17, comes on the day of the first quarter moon: a neap tide, when highs and lows draw closer together.
The biggest day's range is 3.4 ft wider than that.
| Measure | Value | When |
|---|---|---|
| Highest high | 6.8 ft | Nov 25, 7:52 AM |
| Lowest low | −0.6 ft | Nov 26, 2:25 AM |
| Average range | 5.6 ft | 30 days |
| Spring tide range | 7.3 ft | Nov 25 (1 day after full moon) |
| Neap tide range | 3.9 ft | Nov 17 (day of first quarter moon) |
Range: a day's highest high tide minus its lowest low tide. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
Daylight low tides in Charleston Harbor
6 of the 7 days from November 9 to November 15 have a low tide in daylight in Charleston; Sunday, November 15 has none.
Most of them come after noon, moving about 39 minutes later each day.
Even the lowest, 0.5 ft on Monday, November 9, at 1:58 PM, stays above 0.0 ft; it comes 3 h 24 min before sunset.
| Date | Daylight low tide | Light |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 | 1:58 PM, 0.5 ft | 3 h 24 min before sunset |
| Tue 10 | 2:40 PM, 0.6 ft | 2 h 42 min before sunset |
| Wed 11 | 3:19 PM, 0.8 ft | 2 h 2 min before sunset |
| Thu 12 | 3:58 PM, 1.0 ft | 1 h 22 min before sunset |
| Fri 13 | 4:37 PM, 1.1 ft | 43 min before sunset |
| Sat 14 | 5:17 PM, 1.3 ft | 2 min before sunset |
| Sun 15 | None | None |
Light: time from sunrise or sunset, whichever is nearer; sunrise and sunset are in the 7-day table. A dash means no low tide in daylight that day. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
The Customhouse Wharf tide gauge
Customhouse Wharf has its own harmonic constants, so the curves on this page are NOAA's 6-minute predictions, not an interpolation.
At under 3 km from this page's point, the station is close, but the tide on the sand can still turn slightly earlier or later.
7 of the 53 days from November 9 to December 31 show three tides instead of four: each tide arrives about 53 minutes later than the day before.
Across the harbor, NOAA’s Fort Sumter point at the harbor entrance stayed within 2 minutes of Customhouse Wharf over the 30 days from October 21, 2026, with heights at most a fifth of a foot apart, so the times hold across the harbor too. Over NOAA’s 1983 to 2001 reference period, the average gap between the day’s higher high and lower low at the wharf was 5.76 ft.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| NOAA station | Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) |
| Station ID | 8665530 |
| Type | Harmonic |
| Distance | Under 3 km |
| Curve | NOAA 6-minute series |
| Datum | MLLW, feet |
Distance in a straight line from the point this page uses for Charleston (32.77° N, 79.93° W).
Charleston Harbor and Folly Beach
Charleston and Folly Beach
NOAA computes the Folly Island (outer coast) predictions from those for Customhouse Wharf, the Charleston station, with fixed offsets. So high tide in Charleston comes 8 minutes later than at Folly Beach and low tide 14 minutes later, on every tide: NOAA's adjustment, not a separate measurement.
Only the highs differ in height: 0.1 ft higher in Charleston, with the lows level.
| Compared with | High tide time | Low tide time | High tide height | Low tide height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folly Beach (Folly Island (outer coast)) | 8 min later | 14 min later | 0.1 ft higher | About the same |
How Charleston's tides compare: later or earlier, higher or lower than the station named in the first column. Heights in feet.
Common questions about Charleston tides
When is high tide in Charleston, SC?
As of Monday, November 9, the next high tide in Charleston is Monday, November 9 at 7:43 PM, 5.3 ft. The one after that is Tuesday, November 10 at 8:18 AM, 6.3 ft. Charleston has two high tides on each of the next 7 days.
When is low tide in Charleston?
As of Monday, November 9, the next low tide in Charleston is Tuesday, November 10 at 1:52 AM, 0.4 ft. The one after that is Tuesday, November 10 at 2:40 PM, 0.6 ft. Charleston has two low tides on each of the next 7 days.