Tide chart · South Carolina
Hilton Head Island tide chart
Today’s high and low tides at Hilton Head Island, the week ahead, a printable calendar for every month, and the water temperature.
- Port Royal Plantation, Hilton Head Island, 4.9 mi E
- Times in EDT
- Feet above low water (MLLW)
Today, Saturday, October 31
- High6.1 ft
- Low0.5 ft
- High7.1 ft
- Low1.0 ft
Today’s tide curve
The next 7 days
Printable calendarShaded: night. The curve is drawn between NOAA’s predicted highs and lows.
Sat Oct 31
- 12:37 AM6.1 ft
- 6:35 AM0.5 ft
- 1:07 PM7.1 ft
- 7:23 PM1.0 ft
7:39a6:33pSun Nov 1
- 1:46 AM6.0 ft
- 6:38 AM0.7 ft
- 1:12 PM7.0 ft
- 7:27 PM1.1 ft
6:39a5:32pMon Nov 2
- 1:52 AM6.1 ft
- 7:46 AM0.9 ft
- 2:14 PM6.8 ft
- 8:31 PM1.1 ft
6:40a5:31pTue Nov 3
- 2:54 AM6.3 ft
- 8:54 AM0.9 ft
- 3:13 PM6.8 ft
- 9:31 PM0.9 ft
6:41a5:30pWed Nov 4
- 3:54 AM6.5 ft
- 9:57 AM0.8 ft
- 4:10 PM6.7 ft
- 10:24 PM0.6 ft
6:42a5:30pThu Nov 5
- 4:50 AM6.8 ft
- 10:54 AM0.6 ft
- 5:03 PM6.6 ft
- 11:13 PM0.5 ft
6:43a5:29pFri Nov 6
- 5:41 AM7.0 ft
- 11:46 AM0.5 ft
- 5:51 PM6.6 ft
- 11:57 PM0.3 ft
6:44a5:28p
NOAA predictions, not observations: wind and storms can move the water a foot or more. Not for navigation.
Best low tides for a beach walk
The lowest daylight low tides this week: the most sand, tide pools and shells.
- Nov4Wednesday, low at 9:57 AM0.8 ft · shelling tips
- Nov5Thursday, low at 10:54 AM0.6 ft · shelling tips
- Nov6Friday, low at 11:46 AM0.5 ft · shelling tips
Spring and neap tides
Bigger tides follow the new and full moon; smaller ones the quarter moons.
- Nov3Neap tides, 5.9 ft rangearound the last quarter of Nov 1
- Nov8Spring tides, 6.9 ft rangearound the new moon of Nov 9
- Nov16Neap tides, 4.4 ft rangearound the first quarter of Nov 17
- Nov25Spring tides, 8.4 ft rangearound the full moon of Nov 24
Printable tide calendar
Every high and low of the month on one page, with sunrise, sunset and the moon. Prints on one sheet.
Hilton Head Island water temperature
The sea is 4°F cooler than usual for late October. October averages 74°F (2016–2025).
About the station and these predictions
These are NOAA’s predictions for Port Royal Plantation, Hilton Head Island (NOAA 8669167), a subordinate station 4.9 mi E of Hilton Head Island. A subordinate station’s tides are NOAA’s predictions for Fort Pulaski, Savannah River Entrance, shifted by time and height differences measured at the site. We use it rather than a nearer station because port Royal Plantation is on the Atlantic beach; the nearer stations are on Skull Creek and Broad Creek, behind the island.
- Average range
- 5.9 ft between high and low tide
- Highest in the next 12 months
- 7.8 ft on October 1, 2027 at 9:37 AM
- Lowest in the next 12 months
- −1.8 ft on January 23, 2027 at 2:11 AM
- Tides per day
- usually two highs and two lows
- Other stations nearby
- Bull Island North (3.8 mi) · Skull Creek, south entrance, Hilton Head Island (1.2 mi) · Broad Creek, Hilton Head Island (2.2 mi)
- Also covers
- Buckingham Landing, Hickory Bluff, Horse Landing, Opossum Point Landing, Windmill Harbor and Honey Horn Plantation
Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the average of each day’s lower low tide; a minus sign means below it. Predictions are not observations, and not for navigation.
Questions
Which tide station is used for Hilton Head Island?
NOAA’s Port Royal Plantation, Hilton Head Island (8669167), a subordinate station 4.9 mi E of Hilton Head Island.
How big are the tides at Hilton Head Island?
The average range between high and low tide is 5.9 ft. Spring tides, after the new and full moon, run larger; neap tides, after the quarter moons, smaller.
When is the highest tide of the year at Hilton Head Island?
In the next 12 months the highest predicted tide is 7.8 ft on October 1, 2027, then 7.8 ft on September 30, 2027 and 7.8 ft on October 29, 2027.