Pawleys Island Tide Chart
Predicted water level and the next high and low tide on Pawleys Island
Monday, November 9, 3:37 PM
Highest on November 9, 5.9 ft at 7:09 AM
1.6 ft
Rising, high tide at 7:19 PM
Next high tide7:19 PMNovember 9, 4.7 ft
Next low tide1:31 AMNovember 10, 0.2 ft
Tide table on Monday, November 9
- 12:53 AMLow tide0.2 ft
- 7:09 AMHigh tide5.9 ft
- 1:28 PMLow tide0.2 ft
- 7:19 PMHigh tide4.7 ft
Tide chart for Monday, November 9
Pawleys Island tide table for 7 daysNightHeights in feet above mean lower low water
Predictions from NOAA station Pawleys Island Pier, near Pawleys Island. These are predictions, not live readings. How we use NOAA tide data
Pawleys Island is a barrier island less than 4 miles long and mostly one house wide, the town says, with a salt marsh between it and the mainland and two short causeways across. This Pawleys Island tide chart uses NOAA’s point at the Pawleys Island Pier, on the ocean side of the island. NOAA kept a tide gauge at the pier from August 1975 to February 1977 and still predicts the station from its own harmonic constants.
The tide table for Pawleys Island, SC, below is for the ocean beach. The creek behind the island follows a different schedule.
Pawleys Island tide table this week
Of the 14 low tides from November 9 to November 15, the lowest on Pawleys Island is 0.2 ft, on Wednesday, November 11, at 2:08 AM, before sunrise.
The biggest swing and the highest tide land on the same day, Monday, November 9: 5.7 ft between high and low, topping out at 5.9 ft at 7:09 AM.
Predicted tide from Monday, November 9 to Sunday, November 15. The water ranges from 0.2 ft on Wednesday, November 11, at 2:08 AM to 5.9 ft on Monday, November 9, at 7:09 AM.
Shaded parts are night.
| Date | Low tides | High tides | Sunrise | Sunset | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 | 12:53 AM, 0.2 ft1:28 PM, 0.2 ft | 7:09 AM, 5.9 ft7:19 PM, 4.7 ft | 6:42 AM | 5:18 PM | New moon at 2:02 AM |
| Tue 10 | 1:31 AM, 0.2 ft2:08 PM, 0.3 ft | 7:49 AM, 5.7 ft7:56 PM, 4.5 ft | 6:43 AM | 5:17 PM | Waxing crescent, 2% lit |
| Wed 11 | 2:08 AM, 0.2 ft2:47 PM, 0.4 ft | 8:28 AM, 5.4 ft8:31 PM, 4.2 ft | 6:44 AM | 5:16 PM | Waxing crescent, 6% lit |
| Thu 12 | 2:45 AM, 0.2 ft3:26 PM, 0.5 ft | 9:07 AM, 5.2 ft9:09 PM, 4.0 ft | 6:45 AM | 5:16 PM | Waxing crescent, 11% lit |
| Fri 13 | 3:21 AM, 0.4 ft4:07 PM, 0.7 ft | 9:48 AM, 4.9 ft9:51 PM, 3.8 ft | 6:46 AM | 5:15 PM | Waxing crescent, 17% lit |
| Sat 14 | 4:00 AM, 0.6 ft4:49 PM, 0.9 ft | 10:34 AM, 4.8 ft10:43 PM, 3.7 ft | 6:47 AM | 5:15 PM | Waxing crescent, 25% lit |
| Sun 15 | 4:42 AM, 0.9 ft5:35 PM, 1.0 ft | 11:23 AM, 4.7 ft11:42 PM, 3.8 ft | 6:48 AM | 5:14 PM | Waxing crescent, 33% lit |
Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
Pawleys Inlet at the south end
The inlet at the south end of the island does not stay put. The town says Pawleys Inlet had been migrating south at an accelerated rate, and under a settlement approved in 2025 it planned to cut a new channel across the island’s southern tip and from then on keep the inlet within a 750-foot inlet management zone on the south spit, which the town notes has always been at the mercy of nature. The Coastal Observer reported on October 16, 2026 that the channel had been cut, about 750 feet south of the south end parking lot, moving the inlet about half a mile north, and that the town planned a sign warning of rip currents around it. Walkers on the spit should expect its shape, and the reach of each tide across it, to keep changing.
Getting onto the beach
The town’s main beach access lot, which it calls the largest free public beach access lot in Georgetown County, is at the south end of the island. Eight more public accesses along the island share about 141 parking spaces, handicap spaces included. No lifeguards patrol the beach, the town says, but every access has a life ring.
High tide on Pawleys Island
- Next high tide on Pawleys Island
- Next: Monday, November 9 at 7:19 PM, 4.7 ft
- Next low tide on Pawleys Island
- Next: Tuesday, November 10 at 1:31 AM, 0.2 ft
In the next 30 days (November 9 to December 8), the highest tide on Pawleys Island is 6.4 ft on Wednesday, November 25, at 7:29 AM. 2 of the 5 highest fall after dark.
| Date | High tide | Height | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 9 | 7:19 PM | 4.7 ft | After dark |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 7:49 AM | 5.7 ft | Daylight |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 7:56 PM | 4.5 ft | After dark |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 8:28 AM | 5.4 ft | Daylight |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 8:31 PM | 4.2 ft | After dark |
| Thursday, November 12 | 9:07 AM | 5.2 ft | Daylight |
| Thursday, November 12 | 9:09 PM | 4.0 ft | After dark |
| Friday, November 13 | 9:48 AM | 4.9 ft | Daylight |
| Friday, November 13 | 9:51 PM | 3.8 ft | After dark |
| Saturday, November 14 | 10:34 AM | 4.8 ft | Daylight |
| Date | High tide | Height | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, November 25 | 7:29 AM | 6.4 ft | Daylight |
| Tuesday, November 24 | 6:38 AM | 6.3 ft | After dark |
| Thursday, November 26 | 8:20 AM | 6.3 ft | Daylight |
| Monday, November 23 | 5:47 AM | 6.2 ft | After dark |
| Friday, November 27 | 9:13 AM | 6.1 ft | Daylight |
Highest high tide of each day, top five. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
The town suggests exploring the salt marsh by kayak at high tide. Time that trip from the creek, not the beach. Over the 30 days from October 21, 2026, NOAA’s Bennet’s Dock point on Pawleys Island Creek reached high tide about 50 minutes after the pier, and up to 69 minutes after, with highs about 1.3 ft lower. At Ward’s Dock on Pawleys Inlet, high water came about half an hour after the pier and nearly 1.5 ft lower.
Pawleys Island 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 0.6 ft at 7:04 AM | Tuesday, November 3: lowest daylight tide 0.8 ft at 8:19 AM | Wednesday, November 4: lowest daylight tide 0.8 ft at 9:30 AM | Thursday, November 5: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 10:28 AM | Friday, November 6: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 11:18 AM | Saturday, November 7: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 12:04 PM |
| Sunday, November 8: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 12:47 PM | Monday, November 9: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 1:28 PM | Tuesday, November 10: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 2:08 PM | Wednesday, November 11: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 2:47 PM | Thursday, November 12: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 3:26 PM | Friday, November 13: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 4:07 PM | Saturday, November 14: lowest daylight tide 0.9 ft at 4:49 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 1.5 ft at 7:29 AM | Thursday, November 19: lowest daylight tide 1.4 ft at 8:38 AM | Friday, November 20: lowest daylight tide 1.1 ft at 9:42 AM | Saturday, November 21: lowest daylight tide 0.8 ft at 10:37 AM |
| Sunday, November 22: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 11:27 AM | Monday, November 23: lowest daylight tide 0.0 ft at 12:18 PM | Tuesday, November 24: lowest daylight tide −0.2 ft at 1:11 PM | Wednesday, November 25: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 2:04 PM | Thursday, November 26: lowest daylight tide −0.5 ft at 2:57 PM | Friday, November 27: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 3:50 PM | Saturday, November 28: lowest daylight tide −0.3 ft at 4:45 PM |
| Sunday, November 29: no low tide in daylight | Monday, November 30: no low tide in daylight |
In November, the lowest daylight tide is −0.5 ft on Thursday, November 26 at 2:57 PM, below the 0.0 ft line.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, December 1: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, December 2: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 7:59 AM | Thursday, December 3: lowest daylight tide 0.8 ft at 9:11 AM | Friday, December 4: lowest daylight tide 0.7 ft at 10:11 AM | Saturday, December 5: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 11:00 AM | ||
| Sunday, December 6: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 11:45 AM | Monday, December 7: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 12:27 PM | Tuesday, December 8: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 1:08 PM | Wednesday, December 9: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 1:48 PM | Thursday, December 10: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 2:26 PM | Friday, December 11: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 3:03 PM | Saturday, December 12: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 3:40 PM |
| Sunday, December 13: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 4:18 PM | Monday, December 14: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 4:57 PM | 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 1.1 ft at 7:53 AM | Saturday, December 19: lowest daylight tide 0.9 ft at 9:05 AM |
| Sunday, December 20: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 10:10 AM | Monday, December 21: lowest daylight tide 0.1 ft at 11:07 AM | Tuesday, December 22: lowest daylight tide −0.2 ft at 12:03 PM | Wednesday, December 23: lowest daylight tide −0.5 ft at 12:58 PM | Thursday, December 24: lowest daylight tide −0.8 ft at 1:52 PM | Friday, December 25: lowest daylight tide −0.9 ft at 2:43 PM | Saturday, December 26: lowest daylight tide −0.9 ft at 3:33 PM |
| Sunday, December 27: lowest daylight tide −0.8 ft at 4:23 PM | Monday, December 28: lowest daylight tide −0.5 ft at 5:14 PM | Tuesday, December 29: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, December 30: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, December 31: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 7:29 AM |
Below zero in daylight: −0.9 ft on Friday, December 25 at 2:43 PM, the low point of December.
Daylight low tides on Pawleys Island
Sunday, November 15 is the only day from November 9 to November 15 without a low tide in daylight on Pawleys Island.
They lean toward the afternoon, 6 of 6 after 12 PM, with each day's arriving about 40 minutes later.
The lowest is 0.2 ft on Monday, November 9, at 1:28 PM, 3 h 50 min before sunset; none reaches 0.0 ft.
| Date | Daylight low tide | Light |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 | 1:28 PM, 0.2 ft | 3 h 50 min before sunset |
| Tue 10 | 2:08 PM, 0.3 ft | 3 h 9 min before sunset |
| Wed 11 | 2:47 PM, 0.4 ft | 2 h 29 min before sunset |
| Thu 12 | 3:26 PM, 0.5 ft | 1 h 50 min before sunset |
| Fri 13 | 4:07 PM, 0.7 ft | 1 h 8 min before sunset |
| Sat 14 | 4:49 PM, 0.9 ft | 26 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 lows behind the island lag too. NOAA puts low tide at its Midway Inlet North point, near the island’s north end, 42 minutes after the low at Springmaid Pier in Myrtle Beach; since the pier here and Springmaid run within a few minutes of each other at low tide, that is roughly 40 minutes after the times on this page. A daylight low at the pier is not yet the bottom of the tide in the inlet.
Spring and neap tides on Pawleys Island in November
November's highest and lowest tides on Pawleys Island come 1 day apart: 6.4 ft on Wednesday, November 25, at 7:29 AM and −1.0 ft on Thursday, November 26, at 2:00 AM.
It falls before sunrise, so the month's lowest water is not a daylight one.
November and December both average about 5.3 ft between each day's highest high and lowest low.
The month's spring tide peaks on Thursday, November 26, 2 days after the full moon on November 24, with 7.3 ft between high and low water.
At the neap tide on Monday, November 16, 1 day before the first quarter moon on November 17, the range shrinks to 3.5 ft.
The biggest range is more than double the smallest.
| Measure | Value | When |
|---|---|---|
| Highest high | 6.4 ft | Nov 25, 7:29 AM |
| Lowest low | −1.0 ft | Nov 26, 2:00 AM |
| Average range | 5.3 ft | 30 days |
| Spring tide range | 7.3 ft | Nov 26 (2 days after full moon) |
| Neap tide range | 3.5 ft | Nov 16 (1 day before first quarter moon) |
Range: a day's highest high tide minus its lowest low tide. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
About the Pawleys Island Pier tide station
Pawleys Island Pier is a harmonic station: NOAA predicts it from its own harmonic constants, every 6 minutes, and the curves here plot those values.
It stands less than 3 km from the point this page uses for Pawleys Island; even so, the beach can differ slightly from the station.
Each tide comes about 52 minutes later than the day before, so 7 of the 53 days from November 9 to December 31 have only three tides between midnight and midnight.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| NOAA station | Pawleys Island Pier (ocean) |
| Station ID | 8662006 |
| 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 Pawleys Island (33.43° N, 79.12° W).
Pawleys Island next to Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach
Pawleys Island and Myrtle Beach
From November 9 to December 8, high tide on Pawleys Island comes a median 6 minutes later than in Myrtle Beach (1 minute earlier to 11 minutes later), and low tide a median 2 minutes later (2 minutes earlier to 10 minutes later).
High tides on Pawleys Island run 0.3 ft lower than in Myrtle Beach, and low tides 0.2 ft lower.
Because each station has its own prediction, the gap is not fixed: it moves over a range of 12 minutes.
Pawleys Island and North Myrtle Beach
From November 9 to December 8, high tide on Pawleys Island comes a median 12 minutes later than in North Myrtle Beach (5 minutes later to 17 minutes later), and low tide a median 9 minutes later (5 minutes later to 17 minutes later).
High tides on Pawleys Island run 0.2 ft lower than in North Myrtle Beach, and low tides 0.1 ft lower.
Because each station has its own prediction, the gap is not fixed: it moves over a range of 12 minutes.
| Compared with | High tide time | Low tide time | High tide height | Low tide height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Beach (Springmaid Pier) | Median +6 min (−1 to +11) | Median +2 min (−2 to +10) | 0.3 ft lower | 0.2 ft lower |
| North Myrtle Beach (Hog Inlet Pier) | Median +12 min (+5 to +17) | Median +9 min (+5 to +17) | 0.2 ft lower | 0.1 ft lower |
How Pawleys Island's tides compare: later or earlier, higher or lower than the station named in the first column. Heights in feet.
Common questions about Pawleys Island tides
When is high tide on Pawleys Island?
As of Monday, November 9, the next high tide on Pawleys Island is Monday, November 9 at 7:19 PM, 4.7 ft. The one after that is Tuesday, November 10 at 7:49 AM, 5.7 ft. Pawleys Island has two high tides on each of the next 7 days.