Charleston Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at — and sunset is at 08:19 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 64mm), heaviest during Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Wed night, light winds from the SW by Thu night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Wed morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Tue night, fresh winds from the N by Thu afternoon). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Mon 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:09PM1.77m | 7:06AM1.89m | 9:00PM1.92m | 8:30AM1.87m | 9:43PM2.10m | 9:46AM1.89m | 10:23PM2.29m | 10:53AM1.94m | 11:01PM2.46m | 11:54AM1.99m | 11:40PM2.58m | 12:51PM2.02m | 00:19AM2.65m | 1:45PM2.02m | 00:59AM2.65m | 2:37PM2.00m | 1:40AM2.58m | 3:30PM1.95m | 2:23AM2.45m | 4:23PM1.88m | 3:09AM2.28m | 5:19PM1.82m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:30AM1.02m | 2:07PM0.02m | 2:48AM0.77m | 3:04PM0.08m | 3:53AM0.45m | 3:56PM0.16m | 4:49AM0.11m | 4:44PM0.27m | 5:39AM-0.20m | 5:30PM0.41m | 6:27AM-0.44m | 6:15PM0.55m | 7:13AM-0.58m | 7:00PM0.69m | 7:59AM-0.61m | 7:45PM0.82m | 8:45AM-0.55m | 8:32PM0.93m | 9:32AM-0.42m | 9:23PM1.02m | 10:22AM-0.25m | 10:19PM1.09m | 11:15AM-0.07m | |||||||||||||
SW 5 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 12 | SSW 6 | W 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NW 7 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 7 | NW 8 | NW 9 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | |
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mod rain | cloudy | clear | some clouds | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | clear | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | |
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7 | — | — | — | 3 | 13 | 35 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 2.0 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
Moonrise | 3:07 | 3:36 | — | — | 4:01 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 4:45 | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 8:26 | — | — | 9:31 | — | — | 10:38 | — |
Moonset | 12:34 | 1:53 | — | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 4:29 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 7:08 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | — | 9:50 | — | — | 11:05 | — | — | — | 12:11 | — | — | 1:04 | — | — | 1:45 | — |
 | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — |
 | 8:19 | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:31 | — | — | 8:32 |
Today's sea temperature in Charleston is 10.8 °C (Statistics for 01 May 1981-2005 – mean: 11.5 max: 13.3 min: 9.9°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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