Crescent Beach
Horry County, South Carolina, United States
Today at a glance
Best: 11 am to sunset, sunset 6:30 pm7.8
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.8
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
8.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8.7
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
8.8
17 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.7
19 km/h12 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 11 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 10°C50°F
- Water
- 21°C69°F
- Wind
- 127 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 3220 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.5 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:30 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 5 am, 0.8 m2 ft
- Low 11 am, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 5 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 12 am, -0.8 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Parking4 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 90 m290 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink10 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 760 m0.5 mi
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 150 m480 ftCrescent Beach (village)
- Nearest airport
- 2 km1 miGrand Strand Airport (CRE)
Nearby places
- Plantation Pancake HouseBreakfast840 m0.5 mi
- BrisketBarbecue850 m0.5 mi
- Benny's TrattoriaFood and drink870 m0.5 mi
- Midtown BistroFood and drink900 m0.6 mi
- No Nuts Ice CreamFood and drink940 m0.6 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Ingram Beach1.5 km0.9 mi north-east away8.6 Excellent later
- Atlantic Beach1.6 km1.0 mi south-west away7.9 Great later
- Windy Hill Beach2.9 km1.8 mi south-west away7.9 Great later
- North Myrtle Beach3.0 km1.9 mi east away8.6 Excellent later
- Ocean Drive Beach3.5 km2.2 mi north-east away8.6 Excellent later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.7 GreatBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 28 km/h17 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.1 GreatBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.6 ExcellentBest 1 pm to 7 pmWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 1%
- Tue8.6 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
- Wed5.6 GoodBest 4 pm to 6 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 3%
- Thu8.2 GreatBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 5%