Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge Tides Today
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Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge runs a mean tidal range of about 5.3 ft. This month the highest water, 7.1 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 | 12:50 AM | 5.4 ft |
| Low tide | 6:18 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 1:23 PM | 6.6 ft |
| Low tide | 7:20 PM | 0.9 ft |
Today on the water at Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge
Today at Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge: high tide at 12:50 AM (5.4 ft) and 1:23 PM (6.6 ft), low tide at 6:18 AM (0.4 ft) and 7:20 PM (0.9 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is partly sunny with NE winds 9 to 22 mph, 73°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. In effect now: Rip Current Statement. Sunrise is at 7:35 AM and sunset at 6:31 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Partly Sunny | NE 9 to 22 mph | 73°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 16 to 23 mph | 61°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge is
Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge sits at 32.6750° N, 79.9517° W on the Carolina and Georgia coast on the South Atlantic Bight, at Folly Beach, SC, in Charleston County. 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 Folly River Bridge, SC (a Hohonu community gauge), 1.0 mi away, and the tide here runs on nearly the same clock. The nearest weather station is Charleston Executive Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 3.5 mi away.
The tide at Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge
Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge 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. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 6.0 ft, and 5.4 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.4 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. 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
- High tide reaches Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge about 0.8 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 7.6 ft on Oct 5, 1975.
- Lowest on record: -2.1 ft on Jan 1, 1976.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Charleston (Customhouse Wharf), station 8665530. High tide comes about 25 min later and low tide about 6 min earlier than there.
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 fixes MLLW at Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 6.0 ft above it and mean sea level 3.0 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 3.3 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Charleston, SC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8665424, established 1975, gauge removed 1976. 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 Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge
- Snake Island: 4.4 mi, tides about 15 min earlier
- James Island Creek, 1 mi. above ent.: 4.8 mi, tides at about the same time
- Fort Johnson: 6.1 mi, tides about 13 min earlier
- Wappoo Creek, highway bridge: 6.5 mi, tides about 13 min later
- Fort Sumter: 6.9 mi, tides about 9 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge 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 Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge 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 Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge, 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 🌖 | 4:59–6:59 AM 5:24–7:24 PM | 10:38–12:38 AM 12:26–2:26 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:59–7:59 AM 6:24–8:24 PM | — 1:11–3:11 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:55–8:55 AM 7:20–9:20 PM | 11:50–1:50 AM 1:49–3:49 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:46–9:46 AM 8:11–10:11 PM | 1:00–3:00 AM 2:23–4:23 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:34–10:34 AM 8:59–10:59 PM | 2:07–4:07 AM 2:52–4:52 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:20–11:20 AM 9:45–11:45 PM | 3:11–5:11 AM 3:21–5:21 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:05–12:05 PM 10:30–12:30 AM | 4:13–6:13 AM 3:49–5:49 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8665424. 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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