Scan. Learn. Catch. Cook.
What PierCast is
A working tool for anglers on the Grand Strand: what the water is doing at each pier, what is biting, what to put on the hook, and what you are legally allowed to keep.
Live conditions
Water temperature, wind, tide stage and barometric pressure for every pier, pulled hourly from NOAA CO-OPS and the National Weather Service.
Bite score
A 0–100 score blending tide stage, solunar period, water temperature, time of day, wind and pressure trend — so you know whether it is worth the drive.
What's biting
Which species are in season at each pier, with the bait, rig and tide stage that actually produces there.
Bait, rigs and knots
Eight knots, six rigs and a full bait guide — diagrams and step-by-step assembly, not vague advice.
Recipes
Lowcountry preparations for everything you are allowed to keep, from whiting to red drum.
SC regulations
Size limits, bag limits, slot rules and closed seasons summarized from SCDNR in plain language.
On the pier
Scan the plaque, get the pier
Every PierCast plaque carries a QR code that drops you straight onto that pier's page — live conditions, what's biting, the bait to use and the rules that apply, without typing a thing.
Where the numbers come from
- Tides
- NOAA CO-OPS, from the nearest ocean-facing station to each pier.
- Water temperature
- Springmaid Pier holds the only real-time gauge on the Strand. Other piers show that reading adjusted by the along-shore difference a marine model reports, so it stays anchored to a real instrument.
- Weather and sea state
- National Weather Service gridded forecast, plus the Open-Meteo marine model.
- Regulations
- Summarized from SCDNR. It is a summary, not the law — confirm before you keep a fish.
Every conditions page lists the exact source behind each reading.