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Last reading 22 min ago

Barometric pressure at Myrtle Beach State Park 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

1017.6 mb

4.4 mb above standard

Trend

rising

Rising — the bite usually slows for a day

3-hour change

+1.1 mb

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

Last 72 hours

60 readings for Myrtle Beach State Park Pier over the window, ranging 1013.6–1017.6 mb. Pressure rose 1.9 mb across the period, ending at 1017.6 mb 22 min ago — 4.4 mb above standard sea-level pressure.
Show the readings as a table
Barometric pressure readings in millibars
TimePressure
Aug 22 2 PM1015.7 mb
Aug 22 3 PM1015.5 mb
Aug 22 4 PM1015.0 mb
Aug 22 5 PM1014.6 mb
Aug 22 6 PM1014.2 mb
Aug 22 7 PM1015.4 mb
Aug 22 8 PM1015.9 mb
Aug 22 9 PM1014.5 mb
Aug 22 10 PM1015.4 mb
Aug 22 11 PM1016.0 mb
Aug 23 12 AM1015.6 mb
Aug 23 1 AM1015.6 mb
Aug 23 2 AM1014.7 mb
Aug 23 3 AM1014.4 mb
Aug 23 4 AM1013.9 mb
Aug 23 5 AM1013.6 mb
Aug 23 6 AM1014.4 mb
Aug 23 7 AM1015.6 mb
Aug 23 8 AM1016.4 mb
Aug 23 9 AM1016.4 mb
Aug 23 10 AM1016.8 mb
Aug 23 11 AM1016.5 mb
Aug 23 12 PM1016.4 mb
Aug 23 1 PM1015.9 mb
Aug 23 2 PM1015.5 mb
Aug 23 3 PM1014.9 mb
Aug 23 4 PM1014.6 mb
Aug 23 5 PM1014.5 mb
Aug 23 6 PM1014.4 mb
Aug 23 7 PM1014.5 mb
Aug 23 8 PM1014.8 mb
Aug 23 9 PM1015.5 mb
Aug 23 10 PM1016.0 mb
Aug 23 11 PM1016.0 mb
Aug 24 12 AM1016.1 mb
Aug 24 1 AM1016.3 mb
Aug 24 2 AM1016.0 mb
Aug 24 3 AM1015.3 mb
Aug 24 4 AM1015.4 mb
Aug 24 5 AM1015.4 mb
Aug 24 6 AM1015.2 mb
Aug 24 7 AM1015.7 mb
Aug 24 8 AM1016.3 mb
Aug 24 9 AM1016.6 mb
Aug 24 10 AM1016.4 mb
Aug 24 11 AM1016.5 mb
Aug 24 12 PM1016.1 mb
Aug 24 1 PM1014.9 mb
Aug 24 2 PM1015.4 mb
Aug 24 3 PM1014.6 mb
Aug 24 4 PM1015.0 mb
Aug 24 5 PM1014.0 mb
Aug 24 6 PM1014.3 mb
Aug 24 7 PM1014.4 mb
Aug 24 8 PM1015.1 mb
Aug 24 9 PM1015.8 mb
Aug 24 10 PM1016.5 mb
Aug 24 11 PM1017.1 mb
Aug 25 12 AM1017.1 mb
Aug 25 1 AM1017.6 mb

Recent readings

The twelve most recent entries, newest first.

Most recent barometric pressure readings at Myrtle Beach State Park Pier
WhenPressure3-hour changeTrend
Aug 25, 2026 1:00 AM1017.6 mb+1.1 mbrising
Aug 25, 2026 12:00 AM1017.1 mb+1.3 mbrising
Aug 24, 2026 11:00 PM1017.1 mb+2.0 mbrising
Aug 24, 2026 10:00 PM1016.5 mb+2.1 mbrising
Aug 24, 2026 9:00 PM1015.8 mb+1.5 mbrising
Aug 24, 2026 8:00 PM1015.1 mb+1.1 mbrising
Aug 24, 2026 7:00 PM1014.4 mb-0.6 mbfalling
Aug 24, 2026 6:00 PM1014.3 mb-0.3 mbsteady
Aug 24, 2026 5:00 PM1014.0 mb-1.4 mbfalling
Aug 24, 2026 4:00 PM1015.0 mb+0.1 mbsteady
Aug 24, 2026 3:00 PM1014.6 mb-1.5 mbfalling
Aug 24, 2026 2:00 PM1015.4 mb-1.1 mbfalling

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.