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 Carolina74°
65°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 74°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 66% around 11 AM.
Now. Cottage Beach is 74° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 54° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:48 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
80%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
74feels74
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
6557
79%
22mph
Sun
Oct 18
6446
19mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6749
16%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
7050
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7153
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
7152
13mph
Fri
Oct 23
7252
mostly clear day
74°
65°57°
64°46°
67°49°
70°50°
71°53°
71°52°
72°52°
As of 2:00 AM in Cottage Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Cottage Beach
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 12 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good12.1 mi
- Ozone34Good37 ppb12.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cottage Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 1 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 Cottage Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
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.
Saturday
- 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
- Low
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Horry, including Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, Atlantic Beach, Windy Hill, Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, and Garden City. Issued 7:43 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 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 footMyrtle Beach South 1 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Showers | Mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 60s |
| Winds | Breezy. North winds around 15 mph, increasing to around 25 mph in the afternoon | Breezy. North winds around 25 mph |
| Remarks | Moderate north to south longshore current | Moderate north to south longshore current |
| Tides | Springmaid PierLow, 6:17 AMHigh, 1:04 PM | Springmaid PierLow, 7:09 AMHigh, 1:57 PM |
- Monday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 15 mph
- Wednesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. 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