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Pier 14

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Myrtle Beach1,000 ft$7/day

Scored 28 min ago

Bite forecast for Pier 14

One number, and every input behind it. The score is a model, not a promise — read the factors and decide for yourself.

Bite score

Great Bite

78 out of 100

What the model is reading

Wind is the main thing going for you.

Water

68°F

Wind

15 kn

NE

Pressure

1029 mb

6 factors

Every factor in the score

Positive factors push the score up, negative ones pull it down. Points are the model's own weighting.

  • Tide

    Helping

    Rising · turn in 197 min

    +20points

  • Solunar

    Helping

    3/5

    +14points

  • Water Temp

    Helping

    67.6°F

    +19points

  • Time of Day

    Helping

    Early morning

    +11points

  • Wind

    Helping

    15 mph

    +10points

  • Pressure

    Neutral

    rising +2.5 mb/3h

    +4points

Timing

When to be on the deck

Moving water is what turns fish on. The hour either side of a tide change is usually worth more than the three hours of slack in between.

  1. High tide at 12:24 PM

    6.2 ft · in about 3 hours

    Fish 10:54 AM – 1:54 PM
  2. Low tide at 7:00 PM

    0.8 ft · in about 9 hours

    Fish 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
  3. High tide at 1:04 AM

    5.0 ft · in about 15 hours

    Fish 11:34 PM – 1:34 AM
  4. Low tide at 5:58 AM

    0.6 ft · in about 21 hours

    Fish 4:28 AM – 7:28 AM
  5. High tide at 12:29 PM

    6.0 ft · in about 28 hours

    Fish 10:59 AM – 1:59 PM

Right now the tide is Rising (Rising tide · next turn in 197 min).

Solunar

Today's moon rating

Rating

Last Quarter · 66% lit

Sunrise 7:34 AM · Sunset 6:25 PM

Major periods

  • 4:50 AM – 6:50 AMMoon overhead
  • 5:15 PM – 7:15 PMMoon underfoot

Minor periods

  • 9:46 PM – 10:46 PMMoonrise
  • 12:55 PM – 1:55 PMMoonset

Solunar theory is a heuristic, not a measurement. It is worth using to pick between two otherwise equal mornings, and not worth much against a falling barometer or a moving tide. The pressure trend usually tells you more.