What's on in Myrtle Beach, United States through the year

Busy — Winter / Christmas break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Busy — Spring break in United States

Nothing new starts in March.

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Busy — Spring Bike Week

• Nature

  Loggerhead nesting

  1 May – 31 OctTurtle nesting

  Loggerheads nest along the Grand Strand from May to October, and the beachfront hotels run shielded lighting for the whole season. Volunteers walk the sand at dawn before the umbrellas go up.

• Festival

  Spring Bike Week

  8–17 MayMajor festivalCrowdedClosures

  Ten days of motorcycle rallies in mid-May, centred on the south end and Murrells Inlet, with a second, smaller rally in the fall. Ocean Boulevard is a slow parade of engines from lunchtime. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Carolina Country Music Fest, School-holiday season

• Season

  Sea warm enough

  1 Jun – 5 Oct · usually

  The Atlantic here is warm from June and stays swimmable through September, which is why locals treat the fortnight after Labor Day as the best of the year: same water, a third of the people.

• Festival

  Carolina Country Music Fest

  4–7 JunMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Four days on the oceanfront at Pavilion Park in early June with thirty thousand people a day, and the biggest single draw on the Grand Strand's calendar. Oceanfront rates for that weekend are set a year out. Source ↗

• Hazard

  Atlantic hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The Carolina coast sticks out into the track and takes a serious storm every few years. Evacuations are ordered by zone and the oceanfront towers empty first. September is the month to watch. Source ↗

• Season

  School-holiday season

  5 Jun – 20 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Sixty miles of high-rise oceanfront let by the week, and the whole strand books Saturday to Saturday. Highway 17 and the bypass both back up on changeover day and there is no way round it.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct)

Peak crowds — School-holiday season, Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough (1 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), School-holiday season (5 Jun – 20 Aug)

Peak crowds — School-holiday season, Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough (1 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), School-holiday season (5 Jun – 20 Aug)

Busy — Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough (1 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough (1 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Thanksgiving break in United States

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Busy — Winter / Christmas break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.