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Second Avenue Pier

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Myrtle Beach905 ft$8/day

Scored 50 min ago

Bite forecast for Second Avenue Pier

One number, and every input behind it. The score is a model, not a promise — read the factors and decide for yourself.

Bite score

Great Bite

86 out of 100

What the model is reading

Solunar is the main thing going for you.

Water

77°F

Wind

3 kn

N

Pressure

1019 mb

6 factors

Every factor in the score

Positive factors push the score up, negative ones pull it down. Points are the model's own weighting.

  • Tide

    Helping

    Rising · turn in 175 min

    +20points

  • Solunar

    Helping

    5/5

    +20points

  • Water Temp

    Helping

    76.5°F

    +20points

  • Time of Day

    Helping

    Night

    +9points

  • Wind

    Helping

    3 mph

    +10points

  • Pressure

    Helping

    steady -0.3 mb/3h

    +7points

Timing

When to be on the deck

Moving water is what turns fish on. The hour either side of a tide change is usually worth more than the three hours of slack in between.

  1. High tide at 7:03 AM

    6.3 ft · in about 2 hours

    Fish 5:33 AM – 8:33 AM
  2. Low tide at 1:18 PM

    0.3 ft · in about 8 hours

    Fish 11:48 AM – 2:48 PM
  3. High tide at 7:18 PM

    5.9 ft · in about 14 hours

    Fish 5:48 PM – 8:48 PM
  4. Low tide at 1:38 AM

    0.3 ft · in about 21 hours

    Fish 12:08 AM – 3:08 AM
  5. High tide at 7:47 AM

    6.4 ft · in about 27 hours

    Fish 6:17 AM – 9:17 AM

Right now the tide is Rising (Rising tide · next turn in 175 min).

Solunar

Today's moon rating

Rating

New Moon · 2% lit

Sunrise 7:16 AM · Sunset 6:51 PM

Major periods

  • 11:16 AM – 1:16 PMMoon overhead
  • 11:41 PM – 1:41 AMMoon underfoot

Minor periods

  • 5:48 AM – 6:48 AMMoonrise
  • 5:45 PM – 6:45 PMMoonset

Solunar theory is a heuristic, not a measurement. It is worth using to pick between two otherwise equal mornings, and not worth much against a falling barometer or a moving tide. The pressure trend usually tells you more.