Tides / South Carolina / Charleston County / Folly Beach
Folly Beach
Tide station
NOAA station Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge in Charleston County, South Carolina. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (EDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time. People also look this chart up as Folly Creek. NOAA adjusts this prediction from CHARLESTON (Customhouse Wharf).
Loading the next high and low.
Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
Loading the tide table.
Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at Folly Beach. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 28% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset is 6:46 PM. The tides are a high of 5.1 ft at 12:21 AM, a low of 1.3 ft at 5:46 AM, a high of 5.9 ft at 12:59 PM, and a low of 1.7 ft at 6:51 PM. The low at 5:46 AM is 98 minutes before sunrise. The low at 6:51 PM is 5 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 82°F, wind 5 to 14 mph SW.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset is 6:45 PM. The tides are a high of 5.0 ft at 1:09 AM, a low of 1.5 ft at 6:32 AM, a high of 5.7 ft at 1:50 PM, and a low of 1.8 ft at 7:42 PM. The low at 6:32 AM is 53 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:42 PM is 57 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 70°F, wind 14 to 21 mph NW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:26 AM and sunset is 6:44 PM. The tides are a high of 4.9 ft at 2:02 AM, a low of 1.6 ft at 7:26 AM, a high of 5.6 ft at 2:44 PM, and a low of 1.8 ft at 8:35 PM. The low at 7:26 AM is at sunrise. The low at 8:35 PM is 111 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 66°F, wind 21 to 24 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:27 AM and sunset is 6:42 PM. The tides are a high of 4.9 ft at 2:57 AM, a low of 1.6 ft at 8:25 AM, a high of 5.6 ft at 3:37 PM, and a low of 1.7 ft at 9:27 PM. The low at 8:25 AM is 58 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 72°F, wind 21 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:27 AM and sunset is 6:41 PM. The tides are a high of 5.1 ft at 3:52 AM, a low of 1.5 ft at 9:25 AM, a high of 5.7 ft at 4:30 PM, and a low of 1.5 ft at 10:16 PM. The low at 9:25 AM is 118 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 74°F, wind 17 mph N.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
Loading average tide levels.
Sun and moon
- First light
- 6:03 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:31 AM
- Dawn
- 7:00 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 7:00 AM to 7:09 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:09 AM to 7:58 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:25 AM
- Solar noon
- 1:05 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 6:12 PM to 7:01 PM
- Sunset
- 6:46 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 7:01 PM to 7:10 PM
- Dusk
- 7:10 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:39 PM
- Last light
- 8:08 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 21 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:07 PM
- Moonset
- 10:50 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
Loading the forecast.
Nearby tide stations
- Folly River Bridge1.0 mi · Charleston County
- Folly Island (outer coast)2.0 mi · Charleston County
- Folly River2.1 mi · Charleston County
- Abbapoola Creek entrance3.2 mi · Charleston County
- Snake Island4.4 mi · Charleston County
- James Island4.8 mi · Charleston County
Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
Loading the flood gauge.