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Second Avenue Pier

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Myrtle Beach905 ft$8/day

Scored 45 min ago

Bite forecast for Second Avenue Pier

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

80 out of 100

What the model is reading

Time of day is the main thing going for you.

Water

68°F

Wind

15 kn

NE

Pressure

1028 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 256 min

    +18points

  • Solunar

    Helping

    3/5

    +14points

  • Water Temp

    Helping

    67.6°F

    +19points

  • Time of Day

    Helping

    Dawn window

    +15points

  • Wind

    Helping

    15 mph

    +10points

  • Pressure

    Neutral

    rising +2.4 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 4 hours

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

    0.8 ft · in about 10 hours

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

    5.0 ft · in about 16 hours

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

    0.6 ft · in about 22 hours

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

    6.0 ft · in about 29 hours

    Fish 10:59 AM – 1:59 PM

Right now the tide is Rising (Rising tide · next turn in 256 min).

Solunar

Today's moon rating

Rating

Last Quarter · 67% 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.