United States / South Carolina
North Myrtle Beach
North Myrtle Beach is a coastal resort area in South Carolina, United States. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 14.3 km. The sea averages 28.1 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.9 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in May–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 92Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 18Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 13Hotels & guesthouses
- 12Grocery shops
- 7Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 70 restaurants, 7 cafés, 8 bars and 7 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 13 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at North Myrtle Beach
Beach-day index 8.0/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.6 °C | 14.9 °C | 15.9 °C | 18.4 °C | 22.3 °C | 26.0 °C | 27.9 °C | 28.1 °C | 26.9 °C | 23.5 °C | 19.8 °C | 16.9 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 15° |
| Low °C | 5° | 6° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 10° | 7° |
| Rain mm | 69 | 88 | 93 | 80 | 108 | 129 | 153 | 177 | 178 | 111 | 93 | 96 |
| Cloud % | 70 | 72 | 63 | 50 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 51 | 55 | 68 |
| Wind m/s | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Daylight h | 10.1 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| Record high/low | 23°/-9° | 23°/-8° | 27°/-4° | 32°/1° | 35°/8° | 37°/15° | 38°/19° | 39°/16° | 34°/12° | 34°/4° | 27°/-3° | 25°/-7° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.9 | 3.1 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in May–October; May scores 8.4/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 22.3 °C and 108 mm of rain.
In May that is 3.7 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 5.6 °C warmer than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 21.3 °C, warmer than 67% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (178 mm) and January the driest (69 mm); the yearly total is about 1,380 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.9 hours in December to 14.4 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 06:14 and sets at 20:07 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-east (155°). Open water fills about 56% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
The sun sets over the sea in November–January; in mid-December it goes down at 17:07 local time on a bearing of 242°.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the south-south-east there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 9 m deep and 9 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 60% built-up land, 17% tree cover and 13% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 72% of that circle.
- Built 60%
- Tree 17%
- Grass 13%
- Bare 10%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Beach International Airport Myrtle Beach | MYR | 28.3 km | south-west |
| Wilmington International Airport Wilmington | ILM | 86.8 km | north-east |
| Florence Regional Airport Florence | FLO | 106 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 18 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 24.5K residents); within 30 km there are 7 (about 69.9K).
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum museum 310 m E
- Ripley's Aquarium attraction 970 m SE
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 7.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r5217410; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_17SQT_20251031_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 49.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.