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Pawleys IslandFree (beach access)

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Last reading 9 min ago

Barometric pressure at Pawleys Island Pier

Fish feel a pressure change before you do. The direction of the line matters far more than where it sits.

How it feeds the bite score

Current pressure

1019.6 mb

6.4 mb above standard

Trend

steady

Steady — fish settle into a predictable routine

3-hour change

+0.3 mb

A move of 3 mb or more in three hours is worth acting on

Last 72 hours

72 readings for Pawleys Island Pier over the window, ranging 1013.3–1020.5 mb. Pressure rose 2.9 mb across the period, ending at 1019.6 mb 9 min ago — 6.4 mb above standard sea-level pressure.
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Barometric pressure readings in millibars
TimePressure
Oct 11 7 AM1016.7 mb
Oct 11 8 AM1017.1 mb
Oct 11 9 AM1017.0 mb
Oct 11 10 AM1016.7 mb
Oct 11 11 AM1015.8 mb
Oct 11 12 PM1016.1 mb
Oct 11 1 PM1016.2 mb
Oct 11 2 PM1014.8 mb
Oct 11 3 PM1013.6 mb
Oct 11 4 PM1013.3 mb
Oct 11 5 PM1013.6 mb
Oct 11 6 PM1014.1 mb
Oct 11 7 PM1015.1 mb
Oct 11 8 PM1015.6 mb
Oct 11 9 PM1016.2 mb
Oct 11 10 PM1016.0 mb
Oct 11 11 PM1015.9 mb
Oct 12 12 AM1015.9 mb
Oct 12 1 AM1015.7 mb
Oct 12 2 AM1015.0 mb
Oct 12 3 AM1014.7 mb
Oct 12 4 AM1014.1 mb
Oct 12 5 AM1014.2 mb
Oct 12 6 AM1014.7 mb
Oct 12 7 AM1015.4 mb
Oct 12 8 AM1015.8 mb
Oct 12 9 AM1016.2 mb
Oct 12 10 AM1016.4 mb
Oct 12 11 AM1016.8 mb
Oct 12 12 PM1016.3 mb
Oct 12 1 PM1015.9 mb
Oct 12 2 PM1015.0 mb
Oct 12 3 PM1014.6 mb
Oct 12 4 PM1014.5 mb
Oct 12 5 PM1014.7 mb
Oct 12 6 PM1014.8 mb
Oct 12 7 PM1015.2 mb
Oct 12 8 PM1015.8 mb
Oct 12 9 PM1016.4 mb
Oct 12 10 PM1016.8 mb
Oct 12 11 PM1017.3 mb
Oct 13 12 AM1017.4 mb
Oct 13 1 AM1017.3 mb
Oct 13 2 AM1017.1 mb
Oct 13 3 AM1017.3 mb
Oct 13 4 AM1017.1 mb
Oct 13 5 AM1017.4 mb
Oct 13 6 AM1018.0 mb
Oct 13 7 AM1018.6 mb
Oct 13 8 AM1018.9 mb
Oct 13 9 AM1019.6 mb
Oct 13 10 AM1020.4 mb
Oct 13 11 AM1020.3 mb
Oct 13 12 PM1020.5 mb
Oct 13 1 PM1020.2 mb
Oct 13 2 PM1019.4 mb
Oct 13 3 PM1018.6 mb
Oct 13 4 PM1018.4 mb
Oct 13 5 PM1018.4 mb
Oct 13 6 PM1018.3 mb
Oct 13 7 PM1018.6 mb
Oct 13 8 PM1019.1 mb
Oct 13 9 PM1019.5 mb
Oct 13 10 PM1019.8 mb
Oct 13 11 PM1019.9 mb
Oct 14 12 AM1019.8 mb
Oct 14 1 AM1019.6 mb
Oct 14 2 AM1019.4 mb
Oct 14 3 AM1019.3 mb
Oct 14 4 AM1018.9 mb
Oct 14 5 AM1019.1 mb
Oct 14 6 AM1019.6 mb

Recent readings

The twelve most recent entries, newest first.

Most recent barometric pressure readings at Pawleys Island Pier
WhenPressure3-hour changeTrend
Oct 14, 2026 6:00 AM1019.6 mb+0.3 mbsteady
Oct 14, 2026 5:00 AM1019.1 mb-0.3 mbsteady
Oct 14, 2026 4:00 AM1018.9 mb-0.7 mbfalling
Oct 14, 2026 3:00 AM1019.3 mb-0.5 mbsteady
Oct 14, 2026 2:00 AM1019.4 mb-0.5 mbsteady
Oct 14, 2026 1:00 AM1019.6 mb-0.2 mbsteady
Oct 14, 2026 12:00 AM1019.8 mb+0.3 mbsteady
Oct 13, 2026 11:00 PM1019.9 mb+0.8 mbrising
Oct 13, 2026 10:00 PM1019.8 mb+1.2 mbrising
Oct 13, 2026 9:00 PM1019.5 mb+1.2 mbrising
Oct 13, 2026 8:00 PM1019.1 mb+0.7 mbrising
Oct 13, 2026 7:00 PM1018.6 mb+0.2 mbsteady

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.