Five Fathom Creek entrance Tides Today
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Five Fathom Creek entrance runs a mean tidal range of about 4.7 ft. This month the highest water, 6.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 27, and the lowest, a -0.1 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 12:19 AM | 4.8 ft |
| Low tide | 6:17 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 12:52 PM | 5.9 ft |
| Low tide | 7:19 PM | 0.8 ft |
Today on the water at Five Fathom Creek entrance
Today at Five Fathom Creek entrance: high tide at 12:19 AM (4.8 ft) and 12:52 PM (5.9 ft), low tide at 6:17 AM (0.4 ft) and 7:19 PM (0.8 ft). Sunrise is at 7:34 AM and sunset at 6:28 PM.
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Five Fathom Creek entrance is
Five Fathom Creek entrance sits at 33.0000° N, 79.4967° W on the Carolina and Georgia coast on the South Atlantic Bight, about 5 mi south of McClellanville, SC. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Isle of Palms, SC (a Hohonu community gauge), 20.4 mi away. The nearest weather station is Capers Nearshore, SC (CAP2), an offshore buoy reporting wind, waves and water temperature, 15.5 mi away.
The tide at Five Fathom Creek entrance
Five Fathom Creek entrance has a semidiurnal tide: two highs and two lows a day of about the same size, roughly 12 hours 25 minutes apart. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. For the water around it: Lowcountry tides are semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day of near equal size, and the range grows toward Georgia, where 6 to 9 ft is normal.
About this station
- NOAA predicts tides here from Charleston (Customhouse Wharf), station 8665530. High tide comes about 6 min earlier and low tide about 7 min earlier than there.
- High tide heights run about 0.93 times the reference.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA publishes no datums for this point. Its predictions are offsets from Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) and are referenced to MLLW there. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8664099. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Five Fathom Creek entrance
- Harbor River entrance: 3.2 mi, tides about 26 min later
- Buck Hall, Awendaw Creek: 4.6 mi, tides about 9 min later
- McClellanville, Jeremy Creek: 5.8 mi, tides about 34 min later
- Cape Romain: 8.8 mi, tides about 13 min earlier
- Wharf Creek entrance: 9.2 mi, tides about 8 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Five Fathom Creek entrance this month: Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Five Fathom Creek entrance this month: Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Five Fathom Creek entrance, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).
| Day | Major windows | Minor windows | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today 🌖 | 4:57–6:57 AM 5:22–7:22 PM | 10:35–12:35 AM 12:25–2:25 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:57–7:57 AM 6:22–8:22 PM | — 1:10–3:10 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:53–8:53 AM 7:18–9:18 PM | 11:48–1:48 AM 1:48–3:48 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:44–9:44 AM 8:09–10:09 PM | 12:58–2:58 AM 2:21–4:21 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:32–10:32 AM 8:57–10:57 PM | 2:04–4:04 AM 2:51–4:51 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:18–11:18 AM 9:43–11:43 PM | 3:09–5:09 AM 3:19–5:19 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:03–12:03 PM 10:28–12:28 AM | 4:11–6:11 AM 3:47–5:47 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8664099. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.
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