Thoroughfare Creek entrance Tides Today
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Thoroughfare Creek entrance runs a mean tidal range of about 2.9 ft. This month the highest water, 4.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 27, and the lowest, 0.5 ft, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 2:45 AM | 3.3 ft |
| Low tide | 9:39 AM | 0.6 ft |
| High tide | 3:36 PM | 4.1 ft |
| Low tide | 10:29 PM | 0.9 ft |
Today on the water at Thoroughfare Creek entrance
Today at Thoroughfare Creek entrance: high tide at 2:45 AM (3.3 ft) and 3:36 PM (4.1 ft), low tide at 9:39 AM (0.6 ft) and 10:29 PM (0.9 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 6 to 12 mph, 71°F. Sunrise is at 7:33 AM and sunset at 6:26 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 6 to 12 mph | 71°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 9 mph | 54°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Thoroughfare Creek entrance is
Thoroughfare Creek entrance sits at 33.5067° N, 79.1450° W on the Carolina and Georgia coast on the South Atlantic Bight, at Litchfield Beach, SC, in Georgetown County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1974 until 1976, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Georgetown County Hwy 701 Bridge, SC (a Hohonu community gauge), 7.6 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 5 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Oyster Landing, North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, SC, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 11.2 mi away.
The tide at Thoroughfare Creek entrance
Thoroughfare 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. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 3.7 ft, and 3.3 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.2 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 Thoroughfare Creek entrance about 3.0 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
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 Thoroughfare Creek entrance from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 3.7 ft above it and mean sea level 2.0 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Winyah Bay, South Island Plantation, Sc gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8661703, established 1974, gauge removed 1976. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Thoroughfare Creek entrance
- Midway Inlet North, Pawleys Island: 4.5 mi, tides about 166 min earlier
- Wachesaw Landing, Waccamaw River: 5.1 mi, tides about 30 min later
- Bennet's Dock, Pawleys Island Creek: 5.1 mi, tides about 121 min earlier
- Hagley Landing: 5.4 mi, tides about 21 min earlier
- Pawleys Island Pier (ocean): 5.4 mi, tides about 191 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Thoroughfare Creek entrance this month: Oct 1, 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.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Thoroughfare 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 🌖 | 4:56–6:56 AM 5:21–7:21 PM | 10:33–12:33 AM 12:25–2:25 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:56–7:56 AM 6:21–8:21 PM | — 1:10–3:10 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:51–8:51 AM 7:16–9:16 PM | 11:45–1:45 AM 1:47–3:47 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:43–9:43 AM 8:08–10:08 PM | 12:55–2:55 AM 2:20–4:20 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:31–10:31 AM 8:56–10:56 PM | 2:03–4:03 AM 2:49–4:49 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:17–11:17 AM 9:42–11:42 PM | 3:07–5:07 AM 3:17–5:17 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:02–12:02 PM 10:27–12:27 AM | 4:10–6:10 AM 3:45–5:45 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8661703. 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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