Should I boat at St. Simons Island / Brunswick, GA today?
Live GO / CAUTION / NO-GO boating conditions for St. Simons Island / Brunswick, GA on Georgia & South Carolina Coast, from NOAA wind, waves, gusts, an hour-by-hour risk timeline, marine warnings and live webcams.
Conditions right now
CAUTION as of Oct 23, 11:22 AM ET: wind NNE 16 kt, gusts 19 kt; waves about 6 ft every 12 s. Boatable with care: expect chop or building wind. Small boats should think twice.
From the NWS gridded forecast for this launch. The live page adds buoy observations, marine warnings and an hour-by-hour timeline.
About St. Simons Island / Brunswick, GA
- Water: Georgia & South Carolina Coast
- Location: 31.140, -81.390
- NWS marine forecast zone: AMZ450
- Live observations: NDBC SAXG1
How the wind direction plays here
- Onshore (waves pile up at the launch, often rougher than the open-water number): E, ESE, SE, SSE, S
- Offshore (deceptively calm at the ramp, rougher farther out, and it pushes you away from shore): N, W, WNW, NW, NNW
- Cross-shore (moderate; watch which way it trends): NNE, NE, ENE, SSW, SW, WSW
Why direction matters: wind direction and fetch.
Nearby launches on Georgia & South Carolina Coast
- Savannah / Tybee Island, GA (68 mi): CAUTION, wind NNE 16 kt, gusts 19 kt; waves about 2 ft every 12 s
- Hilton Head, SC (81 mi): CAUTION, wind NNE 16 kt, gusts 19 kt; waves about 2 ft every 12 s
- Charleston Harbor, SC (143 mi): GO, wind NNE 14 kt, gusts 17 kt; waves about 2 ft every 12 s
- Murrells Inlet / Myrtle Beach, SC (216 mi): CAUTION, wind NNE 15 kt, gusts 17 kt; waves about 2 ft every 12 s
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