Garden City Pier, SC - (Ocean) Coastal Forecast

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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
127 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

Surf City NC to South Santee River SC out 20 NM

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127 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.Synopsis for coastal waters from Surf City North Carolina to
South Santee River South Carolina out to 20 nautical miles...
Periods of sea fog, dense at times, could make navigation
difficult through early next week. High pressure will maintain
control through the weekend while a series of frontal boundaries
approach, but remain northwest of the area. A steady east to
southeast swell will dominate seas.

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AMZ250-060715-
Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm-
127 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave
Detail: E 4 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE
4 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas of fog
after midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...SW winds 5 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft.
Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or
less in the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S
3 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog in the
morning. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
showers.
.MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
showers.

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AMZ252-060715-
Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out
20 nm-
127 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE
4 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE
4 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog in the evening, then areas of
dense fog after midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...SW winds 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 4 ft at
10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or less in the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail:
SE 3 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. A chance
of showers in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
showers. A chance of tstms after midnight.
.MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of
showers.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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AMZ254-060715-
Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out
20 nm-
127 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave
Detail: SE 3 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas of fog
after midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or less in the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 10 seconds and S 1 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog after
midnight.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog in the
morning. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
showers. A chance of tstms after midnight.
.MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. A chance of showers. A
chance of tstms in the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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AMZ256-060715-
Coastal waters from Murrells Inlet to South Santee River SC out
20 nm-
127 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave
Detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at
10 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM, decreasing to 1 NM or
less after midnight.
.FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at
10 seconds. Areas of fog in the morning, then patchy fog in the
afternoon. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of fog in the morning, then patchy fog in
the afternoon. Vsby 1 NM or less in the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 10 seconds.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers
in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
showers. A chance of tstms after midnight.
.MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. A chance of showers and
tstms in the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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