Garden City Pier
Where the Strand meets the inlet
- 110 S Waccamaw Dr, Garden City Beach, SC 29576
- 668 ft
- $7/day
- Official site
Last reading 23 hr ago
Barometric pressure at Garden City Pier
Fish feel a pressure change before you do. The direction of the line matters far more than where it sits.
Current pressure
1020.6 mb
7.4 mb above standard
Trend
rising
Rising — the bite usually slows for a day
3-hour change
+2.7 mb
A move of 3 mb or more in three hours is worth acting on
Last 72 hours
Show the readings as a table
| Time | Pressure |
|---|---|
| Aug 14 11 AM | 1020.6 mb |
Recent readings
The twelve most recent entries, newest first.
| When | Pressure | 3-hour change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 11:20 AM | 1020.6 mb | +2.7 mb | rising |
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.