Citizen station FW6812FW6812
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Cottage Beach
Cottage Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Horry County, South Carolina81°
83°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 85°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 11 AM (52%).
Now. Cottage Beach is 81° and clear at 2 PM. With the humidity it feels like 85°. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 75° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 65° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. Rain is likely tomorrow (86%). Rain is possible Sunday (35%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV High
37Air quality
71%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
81feels85
UV 6
Today
Oct 16
8367
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6758
86%
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
6246
35%
22mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6548
18%
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
6951
12%
13mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7054
11%
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
7054
10%
13mph
81°
83°67°
67°58°
62°46°
65°48°
69°51°
70°54°
70°54°
As of 2:00 PM in Cottage Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Cottage Beach
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 12 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good12.1 mi
- Ozone37Good48 ppb12.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cottage Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cottage Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 10 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 139°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Horry.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low
- Surf height
- North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 70s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Horry, including Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, Atlantic Beach, Windy Hill, Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, and Garden City. Issued 10:52 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low |
| Surf height | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | Low | Low |
| Weather | Sunny | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 10 mph | North winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Remarks | Moderate south to north longshore current | Moderate north to south longshore current |
| Tides | Springmaid PierHigh, 12:09 PM | Springmaid PierLow, 6:17 AMHigh, 1:04 PM |
- Sunday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Horry County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.7608° N
- Longitude
- 78.7868° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Cottage Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/5.0 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Waccamaw River Above Conway02110550
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Myrtle Beach 7.7 NESC-HR-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/44 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Myrtle BeachMYBS1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Cottage Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Briarcliffe Acrestown, 3 mi
- Atlantic Beachtown, 5 mi
- North Myrtle Beachcity, 7 mi
- Myrtle Beachcity, 7 mi
- Carolina Forestcommunity, 8 mi
- Forestbrookcommunity, 10 mi
- Little Rivercommunity, 12 mi
- Red Hillcommunity, 13 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 13 mi
- Surfside Beachtown, 15 mi
- Conwaycity, 16 mi
- Garden Citycommunity, 17 mi
Beaches near Cottage Beach
- Maison Beachunder 1 mi
- Dolphin Beachunder 1 mi
- Turtle Beachunder 1 mi
- Apache Beachunder 1 mi
- Singleton Swashunder 1 mi
- Arcadia Beachunder 1 mi
- Kingston Beachunder 1 mi
- White Point Swash3 mi