Plan your surf fishing trip
Fishing - with an AI-enhanced Strategy
Pick a time and FISH reads the tide, the weather, the water temperature and the season, then tells you which fish are worth the walk, the best window to go, and the six lures to put in your bag. Built for surf anglers in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
What are you fishing with?
Tap a lure or a bait and the fish below re-order so the ones that take it come first. Tap + to add more than one.
Lures
Bait
October In-Season Fish
From the FISH season charts for Myrtle Beach. Tap a picture to see the fish up close.
Flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma (also P. dentatus, P. albigutta)
Oct: Peak
Your own AI fishing strategist
Tell FISH what you want to catch and what you fish with. It builds a strategy around your rod, your line and your goals, then keeps it current with the tide, the weather and the season.
Built around your gear and goals
The Strategist asks a few questions: your rod and reel, the line and leader on it, the fish you are after, and where and when you can fish. It saves your answers as your angler profile and tells you plainly what your setup suits and the one change that would help most, such as braid to cast farther.
A plan for the fish you want
For each fish you are after, FISH finds the best window over the next three days from the real tide, light, water temperature and forecast. Then it writes the plan: when to go, where on the beach, which rig or lure with weights and colors, how to work it, and what to watch for.
It changes when the beach does
Your strategy rewrites itself when the forecast moves a window, the season changes which fish are in, or you change your gear or goals. Ask the Strategist anything along the way and it answers with your profile and today's conditions in mind.
Inside your account
Your FishOS command center
Sign in and FISH opens a dashboard built around you: your preferences, your scores, your gear. Below is the real thing, reading Myrtle Beach live.
- Red Drum88
- Whiting85
- Bluefish84
Yours appears once you tell FISH how you like to fish: high tide, first light, light wind, your lures. Then every preference becomes a green or red light.
Two scores, side by side
Fishing conditions says how good the fishing is. Your FishOS score says how well it fits the way you like to fish. When they disagree, FISH tells you plainly.
Your tide, your time
Pick the tide stages and times of day you like. Each one becomes a light that turns green when it is met, for today or any day this week.
Instruments you can open
Wind, surf, water, air and rain gauges with your own limits marked. Tap one for its hour-by-hour chart and where the data comes from.
Moon and tide charts
The tide curve with your window and favorite stages shaded, the moon as it really looks tonight, and the phases for the next two weeks.
Two-rod mode
Tell FISH about your rods and it picks the right one for each fish, lure weight and the wind and surf right now, and says why.
Harvest mode
Fishing for dinner? One switch shows only fish you can legally keep and eat, each with its size limit and daily limit.
Your spot on the beach
Myrtle Beach is not one beach. Tap a section on the map to see how that stretch fishes, its piers and structure, and today's best times for the fish that are biting there.
Beach section
2nd Avenue Pier
South Ocean Boulevard up to the 2nd Avenue Pier. Long open beach with one pier at the north end.
Piers here: 2nd Avenue Pier. Stay at least 50 ft from a pier when fishing from the sand.
- Open beach with room to walk and read the bars and cuts; the 2nd Avenue Pier is the structure at the north end (stay 50 ft away).
- Inside City of Myrtle Beach limits: stay 50 ft from swimmers and do not fish in front of umbrella lines in season.
Today on this stretch
- Red Drum 97 best first light, around 6:53 AMBait gathers around 2nd Avenue Pier. Work the troughs on either side, at least 50 ft from the pier.
- Whiting 88 best evening (last light), around 6:03 PM
- Bluefish 90 best first light, around 6:53 AMBait gathers around 2nd Avenue Pier. Work the troughs on either side, at least 50 ft from the pier.
Live fishing data
FISH reads free government sources: the NOAA tide station at Springmaid Pier, which reports tide, water temperature, wind and air pressure every six minutes, and the National Weather Service forecasts, alerts and surf zone forecast. Sunrise, twilight and moon are calculated.
Every fact on the page is tagged with where it came from: Official source, Angler knowledge, Our inference, or Unknown. If a source is down, that reading shows as Unavailable with the reason.
- NOAA tide station 8661070 at Springmaid Pier, Myrtle Beach
- National Weather Service Wilmington hourly forecast and alerts
- National Weather Service coastal waters forecast for zone AMZ254
- National Weather Service Surf Zone Forecast for Coastal Horry
- NOAA water level, water temperature, wind and air pressure readings
How it works
Choose your time
Pick today, tomorrow or any date, then your start time and how long you want to fish.
Pick the method and spot
Choose lures, bait, or either, where you fish (surf, pier, jetty or inlet, or nearshore), a target fish or let FISH tell you what is best, and how the water looks.
Read the verdict and window
Get the GO, GOOD BUT NOT GREAT, MARGINAL or SKIP IT call, the 0 to 10 outlook, the best 90-minute window today and tomorrow, and the top fish ranked with the reasons.
Pack the bag and walk down
Open Pack My Bag for up to six lure types and the small essentials, then head to the beach with a plan instead of a guess.
Lightning first
If thunderstorms are forecast (25 percent chance or more) or a severe weather alert is active during your window, the verdict becomes SKIP IT and the best-window finder skips those hours. A 10 ft rod on an open beach is not the place to be in a storm.
Save your trips
Create an account with your email to keep your catch log private and build a season of your own results.
Create your account