Laurel Bay, South Carolina Weather
Laurel Bay, South Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Laurel Bay, Beaufort County.
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About Laurel Bay, South Carolina
Laurel Bay unfolds as a verdant expanse where marsh grasses meet the sky in soft, undulating lines. It lies 6.8 miles west of Beaufort, SC (from Beaufort, SC: bearing 281°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-west of Port Royal. The air, thick with the scent of salt and pine, carries the distant cries of shorebirds, a constant murmur against the quiet hum of coastal life. Live oaks, draped in Spanish moss like ancient mourners, guard the edges of the land, their gnarled branches reaching towards the placid waters that thread through the landscape. Sunlight, diffused by the humid atmosphere, casts a gentle, almost ethereal glow, softening the sharp edges of the terrain and lending a timeless quality to the scene. The very character of Laurel Bay is etched in this interplay of water and wood, a place where the land breathes with the ebb and flow of the tides. Historically, Laurel Bay has been shaped by the bounty of its Carolina coast, its economy long tied to the rich fishing grounds and the fertile soil that yields sweet potatoes and other produce. Echoes of its past linger in the weathered structures and the enduring traditions of its inhabitants, a testament to a resilient spirit forged through generations of dependence on the natural world. While the specific details of its founding are diffused by time, the sense of continuity is palpable, a quiet acknowledgment of the lives that have sustained this place. Today, Laurel Bay continues to draw strength from its natural endowments, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of daily existence, and the enduring beauty of the Lowcountry remains its most prized possession.
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| Location | Laurel Bay, Beaufort County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 32.450191°N, 80.784829°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29906 |
| Area Code | 843 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laurel Bay, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laurel Bay, South Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Laurel Bay includes coordinates 32.450191°N, 80.784829°W, situated in Beaufort County. ZIP code 29906. Telephone area code: 843. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
