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Myrtle Beach1,000 ft$7/day

Last reading 56 min ago

Barometric pressure at Pier 14

Fish feel a pressure change before you do. The direction of the line matters far more than where it sits.

Current pressure

1021.2 mb

8.0 mb above standard

Trend

falling

Falling — often the best window of the week

3-hour change

-0.7 mb

A move of 3 mb or more in three hours is worth acting on

Last 72 hours

72 readings for Pier 14 over the window, ranging 1015.7–1022.0 mb. Pressure rose 3.1 mb across the period, ending at 1021.2 mb 56 min ago — 8.0 mb above standard sea-level pressure.
Show the readings as a table
Barometric pressure readings in millibars
TimePressure
Oct 6 5 PM1018.1 mb
Oct 6 6 PM1018.3 mb
Oct 6 7 PM1018.2 mb
Oct 6 8 PM1018.6 mb
Oct 6 9 PM1018.8 mb
Oct 6 10 PM1019.0 mb
Oct 6 11 PM1019.1 mb
Oct 7 12 AM1019.2 mb
Oct 7 1 AM1018.6 mb
Oct 7 2 AM1018.2 mb
Oct 7 3 AM1017.9 mb
Oct 7 4 AM1017.4 mb
Oct 7 5 AM1017.5 mb
Oct 7 6 AM1017.7 mb
Oct 7 7 AM1018.0 mb
Oct 7 8 AM1018.5 mb
Oct 7 9 AM1018.6 mb
Oct 7 10 AM1019.2 mb
Oct 7 11 AM1018.9 mb
Oct 7 12 PM1018.5 mb
Oct 7 1 PM1017.8 mb
Oct 7 2 PM1017.1 mb
Oct 7 3 PM1016.0 mb
Oct 7 4 PM1015.8 mb
Oct 7 5 PM1015.7 mb
Oct 7 6 PM1015.9 mb
Oct 7 7 PM1015.9 mb
Oct 7 8 PM1016.3 mb
Oct 7 9 PM1016.9 mb
Oct 7 10 PM1017.2 mb
Oct 7 11 PM1017.0 mb
Oct 8 12 AM1016.8 mb
Oct 8 1 AM1017.1 mb
Oct 8 2 AM1016.6 mb
Oct 8 3 AM1016.4 mb
Oct 8 4 AM1016.0 mb
Oct 8 5 AM1016.1 mb
Oct 8 6 AM1016.5 mb
Oct 8 7 AM1017.0 mb
Oct 8 8 AM1017.5 mb
Oct 8 9 AM1018.3 mb
Oct 8 10 AM1018.8 mb
Oct 8 11 AM1018.8 mb
Oct 8 12 PM1018.7 mb
Oct 8 1 PM1018.1 mb
Oct 8 2 PM1017.8 mb
Oct 8 3 PM1017.5 mb
Oct 8 4 PM1017.4 mb
Oct 8 5 PM1017.1 mb
Oct 8 6 PM1017.4 mb
Oct 8 7 PM1017.9 mb
Oct 8 8 PM1018.6 mb
Oct 8 9 PM1019.0 mb
Oct 8 10 PM1019.2 mb
Oct 8 11 PM1019.6 mb
Oct 9 12 AM1019.9 mb
Oct 9 1 AM1019.5 mb
Oct 9 2 AM1019.4 mb
Oct 9 3 AM1019.4 mb
Oct 9 4 AM1019.2 mb
Oct 9 5 AM1019.4 mb
Oct 9 6 AM1019.9 mb
Oct 9 7 AM1020.5 mb
Oct 9 8 AM1020.9 mb
Oct 9 9 AM1021.3 mb
Oct 9 10 AM1021.8 mb
Oct 9 11 AM1021.7 mb
Oct 9 12 PM1022.0 mb
Oct 9 1 PM1021.9 mb
Oct 9 2 PM1021.6 mb
Oct 9 3 PM1021.1 mb
Oct 9 4 PM1021.2 mb

Recent readings

The twelve most recent entries, newest first.

Most recent barometric pressure readings at Pier 14
WhenPressure3-hour changeTrend
Oct 9, 2026 4:00 PM1021.2 mb-0.7 mbfalling
Oct 9, 2026 3:00 PM1021.1 mb-0.9 mbfalling
Oct 9, 2026 2:00 PM1021.6 mb-0.1 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 1:00 PM1021.9 mb+0.1 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 12:00 PM1022.0 mb+0.7 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 11:00 AM1021.7 mb+0.8 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 10:00 AM1021.8 mb+1.3 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 9:00 AM1021.3 mb+1.4 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 8:00 AM1020.9 mb+1.5 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 7:00 AM1020.5 mb+1.3 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 6:00 AM1019.9 mb+0.5 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 5:00 AM1019.4 mb0.0 mbsteady

Reading the barometer

A falling barometer means a front is on the way. Fish tend to feed ahead of it, which is why the few hours before the weather turns can be the best of the week. Once the front passes and the pressure climbs again, the bite usually goes quiet for a day.

Standard sea-level pressure is 1013.25 mb. Anything from about 1005 to 1020 mb is ordinary here. What matters is the slope: a 3 mb drop over three hours is a real signal, a 0.4 mb wobble is noise.

Pressure is one of several inputs to this pier's bite score. Compare it against the tide table before you commit to a time.

Readings come from the National Weather Service gridded forecast for ILM, not from a barometer on the pier. All times Eastern.