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Midway Swash, South Carolina

Beach in Horry County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Midway Swash

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 11 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate10.6 mi
  • Ozone21Good18 ppb10.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Midway Swash

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. 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 Midway Swash, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat
Midway Swash from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 7:40 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.120130SE140150Facing SE 135°Sun 32° leftWind 7 mphfrom SW, along the beach
Looking SE from the sand at 7:40 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SE 135°

300 ft

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.

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 3:11 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskNorth of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South LowNorth of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low
Surf heightNorth of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feetNorth of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet
Water temperatureIn the mid 70s-
UV indexHigh-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
Waterspout riskLowNone
WeatherSunnyPartly sunny. A chance of showers
High temperatureIn the lower 80sIn the mid 60s
WindsSouthwest winds 5 to 10 mphNorth winds 15 to 20 mph
RemarksNoneNone
TidesSpringmaid PierHigh, 12:09 PMSpringmaid PierLow, 6:17 AMHigh, 1:04 PM
Sunday
Low rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 4 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
Moderate 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
33.6557° N
Longitude
78.9200° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Midway Swash, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Springmaid PierNDBC-MROS1

At a harbour/0.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Myrtle Beach(CIV)MYR

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW6442GW6442

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Myrtle Beach 4.0 SWSC-HR-79

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/27 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Myrtle BeachMYBS1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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