Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Pawleys Island, SC
 | Sunrise 7:17 AM Sunset 7:28 PM Moonrise 7:35 AM Moonset 9:46 PM |
Marine Forecasts
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AMZ256 Coastal Waters From Murrells Inlet To South Santee River Sc Out 20 Nm- 222 Am Edt Sat Mar 21 2026
Rest of tonight - SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds and sw 2 ft at 3 seconds.
Sat - SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave detail: sw 3 ft at 4 seconds and E 3 ft at 10 seconds.
Sat night - SW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 5 seconds.
Sun - SW winds 10 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at 9 seconds.
Sun night - SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: S 4 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at 9 seconds.
Mon - SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave detail: sw 4 ft at 6 seconds and E 2 ft at 9 seconds.
Mon night - N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming ne 25 to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Tue - NE winds 25 to 30 kt, diminishing to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
Tue night - NE winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Wed - E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Wed night - E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
AMZ200 222 Am Edt Sat Mar 21 2026
Synopsis for coastal waters from surf city north carolina to south santee river south carolina out to 20 nautical miles - South to southwest flow, modest at times, through the weekend. Cold front will move across late Monday, with small craft advisory conditions likely Monday night into Tuesday.
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Pawleys Island, SC
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| Midway Inlet North Click for Map Sat -- 04:43 AM EDT -0.31 feet Low Tide Sat -- 07:18 AM EDT Sunrise Sat -- 08:34 AM EDT Moonrise Sat -- 10:16 AM EDT 4.42 feet High Tide Sat -- 04:54 PM EDT -0.46 feet Low Tide Sat -- 07:28 PM EDT Sunset Sat -- 10:41 PM EDT 5.21 feet High Tide Sat -- 10:45 PM EDT Moonset Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION |
Midway Inlet North, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 4 |
| 1 am |
| 2.9 |
| 2 am |
| 1.6 |
| 3 am |
| 0.6 |
| 4 am |
| -0.1 |
| 5 am |
| -0.3 |
| 6 am |
| 0.4 |
| 7 am |
| 1.7 |
| 8 am |
| 3 |
| 9 am |
| 3.9 |
| 10 am |
| 4.4 |
| 11 am |
| 4.3 |
| 12 pm |
| 3.7 |
| 1 pm |
| 2.7 |
| 2 pm |
| 1.6 |
| 3 pm |
| 0.5 |
| 4 pm |
| -0.2 |
| 5 pm |
| -0.5 |
| 6 pm |
| 0.1 |
| 7 pm |
| 1.4 |
| 8 pm |
| 3 |
| 9 pm |
| 4.3 |
| 10 pm |
| 5.1 |
| 11 pm |
| 5.2 |
| Butler Island Click for Map Flood direction 30 true Ebb direction 205 true Sat -- 12:49 AM EDT -0.00 knots Slack Sat -- 04:47 AM EDT -1.48 knots Max Ebb Sat -- 07:19 AM EDT Sunrise Sat -- 08:32 AM EDT 0.00 knots Slack Sat -- 08:35 AM EDT Moonrise Sat -- 11:00 AM EDT 0.78 knots Max Flood Sat -- 01:07 PM EDT -0.00 knots Slack Sat -- 05:03 PM EDT -1.34 knots Max Ebb Sat -- 07:29 PM EDT Sunset Sat -- 08:37 PM EDT 0.00 knots Slack Sat -- 10:45 PM EDT Moonset Sat -- 11:20 PM EDT 0.88 knots Max Flood Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION |
Butler Island, 0.3 mi south of, Winyah Bay, South Carolina Current, knots
| 12 am |
| 0.5 |
| 1 am |
| -0.1 |
| 2 am |
| -0.6 |
| 3 am |
| -1.1 |
| 4 am |
| -1.4 |
| 5 am |
| -1.5 |
| 6 am |
| -1.3 |
| 7 am |
| -0.8 |
| 8 am |
| -0.3 |
| 9 am |
| 0.2 |
| 10 am |
| 0.6 |
| 11 am |
| 0.8 |
| 12 pm |
| 0.5 |
| 1 pm |
| 0.1 |
| 2 pm |
| -0.4 |
| 3 pm |
| -0.9 |
| 4 pm |
| -1.2 |
| 5 pm |
| -1.3 |
| 6 pm |
| -1.2 |
| 7 pm |
| -0.8 |
| 8 pm |
| -0.3 |
| 9 pm |
| 0.2 |
| 10 pm |
| 0.6 |
| 11 pm |
| 0.9 |
FXUS62 KILM 210558 AFDILM
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 158 AM EDT Sat Mar 21 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
High temperature forecasts have been increased by 1-3 degrees Sunday and Monday. Forecast seabreeze winds have been increased by 5-8 mph Sunday afternoon/early evening.
KEY MESSAGES
1) Isolated storms possible this evening west of I-95 with potential for hail.
2) Unseasonably warm weather will develop this weekend, peaking on Sunday when inland temperatures could approach 90 degrees.
3) There is considerable uncertainty regarding rain chances on Wednesday.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1: Isolated storms possible this evening west of I-95 with potential for hail.
A decent shortwave progged to move across from the northwest late today is expected to fire off a few showers/thunderstorms this evening. Given time of day, precipitation will weaken as it moves across the area with no pops currently forecasted for coastal areas.
Cool temps aloft will contribute to solid mid level lapse rates allowing for some instability to develop. Storms west of I-95 may produce half-inch or larger hail.
KEY MESSAGE 2: Unseasonably warm weather will develop this weekend, peaking on Sunday when inland temperatures could approach 90 degrees.
A deep ridge of high pressure will remain to our south today through Monday. 850 mb temps should surge from around +13C this afternoon to +15C Sunday afternoon. While advection of heat from west is certainly a component of this unusual warmth, backwards trajectories computed from the GFS model show the air over the eastern Carolinas Sunday afternoon will have experienced over 2000 meters of descent (and compressional warming) in three days on a looping journey from the Gulf Coast states.
Highs today should range from 80-85 degrees, cooler within a few miles of the coast in a moderate strength seabreeze. Sunday's highs should be another 5 degrees warmer and could reach 90 across the interior Pee Dee region. Sunday's standing record highs in Florence and Lumberton are in jeopardy and Wilmington could be within 1-2 degrees of tying a 119-year old record.
Record highs early next week:
Sun Mar 22
Mon Mar 23 Wilmington NC
87 in 1907
94 in 1907 Lumberton NC
87 in 1948
91 in 1907 N
Myrtle Beach SC
86 in 1995 ... 85 in 2011 Florence SC
87 in 1995
88 in 1995
Monday should again see unusually warm temperatures, but the arrival of a front and scattered showers/t-storms during the day could limit how warm we can get. Current forecast highs Monday are 83-87 inland with upper 70s to near 80 on the coast.
KEY MESSAGE 3: There is considerable uncertainty regarding rain chances on Wednesday.
Monday afternoon's cold front will slide all the way down into central Florida by Tuesday before stalling. There are some indications that a coastal trough may attempt to develop up along the GA/SC coastline Wednesday, but model spread remains very large.
Yesterday's 18z GFS and this morning's 00z GFS both are quite bullish spreading a swath of overrunning light rain over the coastal front on Wednesday, however the ECMWF remains quite dry. Looking across the entire ensemble space from all models, only about 20-25 percent currently show measurable rain across the area on Wednesday implying those last two GFS operational runs may be too strong with Atlantic return flow.
AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
VFR with passing mid and high clouds. Southwest winds through morning, with a few hours of LLWS between 9z and 13z as westerly winds around 35-40 kts move across at 2 kft. Surface winds turn westerly today, between 5 and 10 kts, with a southerly component to MYR/CRE winds late this afternoon due to pinned sea breeze. Winds quickly become light after sunset. Isolated thunderstorms may develop west of I-95 after 0z, with small chance of thunder at KFLO and KLBT, but expected coverage is too limited for TAF inclusion at this time.
Extended Forecast...VFR to dominate. A cold front will move through Mon with the chance for isolated restrictions due to t-storms and possibly some sea fog along the coast before the front moves through. VFR then returns through Wed.
MARINE
Through Saturday Night....Southwest winds and seas will peak this morning, around 15-20 kts and 3-5 ft respectively. Winds remain out of the southwest through tonight, though with speeds of 10-15 kts.
Seas lower to 2-4 ft, combination of E swell and SW wind wave.
Sunday through Wednesday night...A cold front lined up on Sunday from New York State to Oklahoma will gradually sink southeastward and should reach the Carolina coast Monday afternoon, accompanied by scattered showers or thunderstorms. Moderate southwest winds 10-15 kt (up to 20 kt Sunday afternoon/evening with the seabreeze) will turn northeasterly behind the front by Monday evening with speeds increasing to 20-25 kt Monday night. Winds could approach 30 kt in gusts late Monday night into Tuesday as 1032 mb Canadian high pressure should push from the Great Lakes to the Mid Atlantic coast.
Pre-frontal seas of 2-4 feet should build to 5-7 feet inside 20 miles from shore Monday night through Tuesday.
The cold front should make it as far south as central Florida before stalling on Tuesday. A coastal trough may try to develop along the GA/SC coast Tuesday night into Wednesday. Our wind speeds should tend to decrease and veer more easterly Wednesday, but with considerable uncertainty regarding the timing of this direction change.
ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NC...None.
SC...None.
MARINE...None.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 158 AM EDT Sat Mar 21 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
High temperature forecasts have been increased by 1-3 degrees Sunday and Monday. Forecast seabreeze winds have been increased by 5-8 mph Sunday afternoon/early evening.
KEY MESSAGES
1) Isolated storms possible this evening west of I-95 with potential for hail.
2) Unseasonably warm weather will develop this weekend, peaking on Sunday when inland temperatures could approach 90 degrees.
3) There is considerable uncertainty regarding rain chances on Wednesday.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1: Isolated storms possible this evening west of I-95 with potential for hail.
A decent shortwave progged to move across from the northwest late today is expected to fire off a few showers/thunderstorms this evening. Given time of day, precipitation will weaken as it moves across the area with no pops currently forecasted for coastal areas.
Cool temps aloft will contribute to solid mid level lapse rates allowing for some instability to develop. Storms west of I-95 may produce half-inch or larger hail.
KEY MESSAGE 2: Unseasonably warm weather will develop this weekend, peaking on Sunday when inland temperatures could approach 90 degrees.
A deep ridge of high pressure will remain to our south today through Monday. 850 mb temps should surge from around +13C this afternoon to +15C Sunday afternoon. While advection of heat from west is certainly a component of this unusual warmth, backwards trajectories computed from the GFS model show the air over the eastern Carolinas Sunday afternoon will have experienced over 2000 meters of descent (and compressional warming) in three days on a looping journey from the Gulf Coast states.
Highs today should range from 80-85 degrees, cooler within a few miles of the coast in a moderate strength seabreeze. Sunday's highs should be another 5 degrees warmer and could reach 90 across the interior Pee Dee region. Sunday's standing record highs in Florence and Lumberton are in jeopardy and Wilmington could be within 1-2 degrees of tying a 119-year old record.
Record highs early next week:
Sun Mar 22
Mon Mar 23 Wilmington NC
87 in 1907
94 in 1907 Lumberton NC
87 in 1948
91 in 1907 N
Myrtle Beach SC
86 in 1995 ... 85 in 2011 Florence SC
87 in 1995
88 in 1995
Monday should again see unusually warm temperatures, but the arrival of a front and scattered showers/t-storms during the day could limit how warm we can get. Current forecast highs Monday are 83-87 inland with upper 70s to near 80 on the coast.
KEY MESSAGE 3: There is considerable uncertainty regarding rain chances on Wednesday.
Monday afternoon's cold front will slide all the way down into central Florida by Tuesday before stalling. There are some indications that a coastal trough may attempt to develop up along the GA/SC coastline Wednesday, but model spread remains very large.
Yesterday's 18z GFS and this morning's 00z GFS both are quite bullish spreading a swath of overrunning light rain over the coastal front on Wednesday, however the ECMWF remains quite dry. Looking across the entire ensemble space from all models, only about 20-25 percent currently show measurable rain across the area on Wednesday implying those last two GFS operational runs may be too strong with Atlantic return flow.
AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
VFR with passing mid and high clouds. Southwest winds through morning, with a few hours of LLWS between 9z and 13z as westerly winds around 35-40 kts move across at 2 kft. Surface winds turn westerly today, between 5 and 10 kts, with a southerly component to MYR/CRE winds late this afternoon due to pinned sea breeze. Winds quickly become light after sunset. Isolated thunderstorms may develop west of I-95 after 0z, with small chance of thunder at KFLO and KLBT, but expected coverage is too limited for TAF inclusion at this time.
Extended Forecast...VFR to dominate. A cold front will move through Mon with the chance for isolated restrictions due to t-storms and possibly some sea fog along the coast before the front moves through. VFR then returns through Wed.
MARINE
Through Saturday Night....Southwest winds and seas will peak this morning, around 15-20 kts and 3-5 ft respectively. Winds remain out of the southwest through tonight, though with speeds of 10-15 kts.
Seas lower to 2-4 ft, combination of E swell and SW wind wave.
Sunday through Wednesday night...A cold front lined up on Sunday from New York State to Oklahoma will gradually sink southeastward and should reach the Carolina coast Monday afternoon, accompanied by scattered showers or thunderstorms. Moderate southwest winds 10-15 kt (up to 20 kt Sunday afternoon/evening with the seabreeze) will turn northeasterly behind the front by Monday evening with speeds increasing to 20-25 kt Monday night. Winds could approach 30 kt in gusts late Monday night into Tuesday as 1032 mb Canadian high pressure should push from the Great Lakes to the Mid Atlantic coast.
Pre-frontal seas of 2-4 feet should build to 5-7 feet inside 20 miles from shore Monday night through Tuesday.
The cold front should make it as far south as central Florida before stalling on Tuesday. A coastal trough may try to develop along the GA/SC coast Tuesday night into Wednesday. Our wind speeds should tend to decrease and veer more easterly Wednesday, but with considerable uncertainty regarding the timing of this direction change.
ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NC...None.
SC...None.
MARINE...None.
| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air | Water | Waves | inHg | DewPt |
| MROS1 - 8661070 - Springmaid Pier, SC | 18 mi | 46 min | WSW 12G | 57°F | 29.98 | |||
| 41024 - Sunset Nearshore (SUN 2) | 43 mi | 56 min | SSW 5.8G | 56°F | 56°F | 29.93 | 53°F | |
| SSBN7 | 43 mi | 52 min | 55°F | 2 ft |
Wind History for Springmaid Pier, SC
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