North Myrtle Beach · United States

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Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and noticeable surge.

Sources: NWS · NDBC · Open-Meteo · Copernicus — high confidence · data 00:13

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Swell & wave memory: Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
Wind & gusts: Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
Tide phase: Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
Water temperature: Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
Currents & outflow: Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
Rain runoff & air clarity: Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
Coast shape & exposure: How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

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North Myrtle Beach — solo, off the rocks

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caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site · wave 1.2 m (occasionally up to ~2.3 m)

wave 1.2 mwind 18, gusts 36 km/hnoticeable surgevisibility ~1 m

today, best window 06:00–09:00

fish · Visibility 1 m · Water 19.8°C

confidence low · verdict for the selected day

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Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.

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The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.

Sunday · today2026-10-25

07:28–18:29 · full moon

▼ 00:00▲ 07:00▼ 13:00▲ 19:00mid-range tides · 1.8 m

Hours (06→20)

Day's trends

Tide-0.42 m

Wave1.26 m

Wind15 km/h

Water20 °C

fish activity: moonset 06:49 · moderate · moon underfoot 12:20 · high · moonrise 17:58 · moderate · moon overhead 00:00 · high

Conditions window06:00–09:00

caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site fish

Hs 1.16 m · roughperiod 5.6 swind 18→36surge 1.8viz 1 m

1.16 mrough · up to ~2.32 · 92° at an angle

5.6 sswell moderate

18→36gusts 36 km/h

1.8noticeable surge

0.11m/s

1 mrecent swell

19.8°C5 mm + hood

▼13:00tide turn near

Atmosphere15 kmlandmarks visible

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wave 1.2 m (occasionally up to ~2.3 m)
steep wind-wave — choppy surface, careful on entry
just after high water

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Jim Caudle Reef — 80' Deck bargeNorth Myrtle Beach

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Jim Caudle Reef — Armored Personnel CarriersNorth Myrtle Beach

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North Myrtle Beach public beach access 18North Myrtle Beach

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Seabed depth of the selected area: ≈0.8–3.7 m (bathymetry NOAA CUDEM/CoNED, 3 m)

North Myrtle Beach public beach access 18: you go in from the shore, some 0.8 km from North Myrtle Beach. Mapped by SC DHEC as a beach. Coordinates of the entry: 33.805 N, 78.702 W. Expect no more than about 4 m of water.

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North Myrtle Beach public beach access 24North Myrtle Beach

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swell on the quarter today

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Seabed depth of the selected area: ≈0.5–3.9 m (bathymetry NOAA CUDEM/CoNED, 3 m)

North Myrtle Beach public beach access 24: you go in from the shore, some 0.4 km from North Myrtle Beach. Access type in the SC DHEC data: beach. The deepest water here is close to 4 m. Tides are semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day.

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North Myrtle Beach public beach access 34North Myrtle Beach

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swell on the quarter today

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Seabed depth of the selected area: ≈0.5–4.4 m (bathymetry NOAA CUDEM, 3 m)

Entry from the beach at North Myrtle Beach public beach access 34, 0.2 km out of North Myrtle Beach. Access type in the SC DHEC data: beach. Marker position: 33.808° N, 78.695° W. Expect no more than about 4 m of water.

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North Myrtle Beach public beach access 36North Myrtle Beach

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swell on the quarter today

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Seabed depth of the selected area: ≈0.5–4.2 m (bathymetry NOAA CUDEM/CoNED, 3 m)

About 0.4 km from North Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach public beach access 36 is reached on foot from the shore. SC DHEC lists the site as a beach. Marker position: 33.809° N, 78.692° W. The deepest water here is close to 4 m.

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North Myrtle Beach public beach access 42North Myrtle Beach

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swell on the quarter today

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Seabed depth of the selected area: ≈0.5–4.1 m (bathymetry NOAA CUDEM, 3 m)

You can walk into the water at North Myrtle Beach public beach access 42; the town of North Myrtle Beach is 0.6 km away. Mapped by SC DHEC as a beach. The pin sits at 33.811 N / 78.689 W on the chart. Depths reach about 4 m.

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North Myrtle Beach public beach access 49North Myrtle Beach

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swell on the quarter today

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Seabed depth of the selected area: ≈0.7–3.5 m (bathymetry NOAA CUDEM/CoNED, 3 m)

North Myrtle Beach public beach access 49 gives shore access 0.9 km from North Myrtle Beach. Mapped by SC DHEC as a beach. Marker position: 33.812° N, 78.686° W. Maximum depth is around 4 m. Tides are semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day.

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SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

What's in season,
what the law says.

In season now

sheepshead
Archosargus probatocephalus · 2–15 m · legal
Year-round. Min FL 12″ (30 cm), NC/SC 14″, GA 10″. Bag FL 8/person (50/trip vessel limit in Mar–Apr), NC 5, SC 10/person and 30/boat, GA 15. FL expressly allows spearing.
mangrove/mutton snapper
Lutjanus griseus · 5–35 m · legal
Year-round in FL state waters on both coasts. Min 10″ (25 cm), 5/person — but the real constraint is FL's 10-snapper daily aggregate. NC/SC handle it inside the snapper-grouper complex, not as a standalone line.
mutton snapper
Lutjanus analis · 5–40 m · legal
A core Keys / SE-Florida target. Year-round in FL state waters on both coasts and in SC. Min 18″ (46 cm), bag 5/person inside the 10-snapper daily aggregate.
yellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus · 3–30 m · legal
The Keys' bread-and-butter reef fish. Year-round in FL state waters on both coasts. Min 12″ (30 cm), up to 10/person/day — but inside the 10-snapper aggregate, i.e. that is the whole snapper bag.
black sea bass
Centropristis striata · 5–40 m · legal
A staple on every NC/SC/GA nearshore ledge and artificial reef. Year-round in FL, NC south of Hatteras, SC and GA. Min 13″ (33 cm) FL Atlantic / NC-south / SC, 12″ GA, 10″ FL Gulf. Bag 7/person (GA 15).
gray triggerfish
Balistes capriscus · 10–50 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
FWC lists 'hook and line, spears, gigs' as legal gear, so it is NOT covered by the FL ornamental-triggerfish spearing ban. FL Atlantic year-round, min 12″ (30 cm), 10/day; FL Gulf open Mar 1–May 31 and Aug 1–Dec 31, min 15″ (38 cm), 1/day.
lionfish
Pterois volitans / P. miles · 1–60 m · invasive — target
Invasive: no season, size or bag limit. No licence needed with a pole spear, Hawaiian sling, hand-held net or a lionfish-specific device. The SPEAR bans still apply: 100 yd from swimming beaches/piers/fishing bridges, 100 ft from a jetty's above-water part, Monroe County from Long Key north to the Miami-Dade line, and any DEP park water — hand-held nets only there.
great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda · 1–30 m · legal
Year-round. The trap is county-scoped: Collier, Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin run a 15–36″ (38–91 cm) slot, 2/person and 6/vessel plus one fish over 36″. Rest of the state: no size limit, 2 fish or 100 lb, whichever is more.

Regulated — check your state

gag/red grouper📋 season by state
Not merely 'state-set': the windows are tiny. FL Gulf state waters 2026 are OPEN SEP 1–30 ONLY; FL Atlantic May 1–Aug 1; SC closed Aug 2 2026–Apr 30 2027. Min 24″ (61 cm); bag sits inside the grouper aggregate.
hogfish📋 season by state
One species, two regimes. FL Atlantic and the Keys (all water south of Cape Sable): open May 1–Oct 31, min 16″ (41 cm), 1 fish/day. FL Gulf north of Cape Sable: year-round, 14″ (36 cm), 5/day. SC 17″ (43 cm), 2/day.
cobia📋 season by state
GEAR WARNING: in SC state waters cobia 'may only be taken by rod & reel and gig' — a speargun is not named as legal gear. FL year-round, GA Mar 1–Oct 31, NC by DMF proclamation. Min 36″ (91 cm), bag 1/person.
flounder📋 season by state
NC is the trap: the 2026 recreational season was SEP 1–14 ONLY; from Sep 15 possession is unlawful. FL closed Oct 15–Nov 30, min 14″ (36 cm), 5/day; SC 16″ (41 cm), 5/person and 10/boat; GA 12″, 15/day. FL lists spears and gigs as legal gear.
red snapper📋 season by state
FL Gulf state waters 2026: May 22–Jul 31 daily, then Sep 1–Jan 4 (partly weekends only). Min 16″ (41 cm) on the Gulf side, 20″ (51 cm) FL Atlantic, SC and GA. Bag 2/person inside the 10-snapper aggregate.
red grouper📋 season by state
The most commonly landed grouper on the FL Gulf shelf: state waters year-round (federal closed Feb 1–Mar 31 seaward of 20 fathoms). FL Atlantic May 1–Dec 31; SC closed Jan 1–May 31. Min 20″ (51 cm); bag inside the grouper aggregate.
black grouper📋 season by state
The trophy grouper of the Keys and SE-Florida ledges. FL Gulf state waters year-round; FL Atlantic May 1–Dec 31; SC closed Jan 1–Apr 30 2027. Min 24″ (61 cm). Atlantic trap: one gag OR one black, never both.

Law

✓Florida: saltwater licence $17 res / $47 non-res; reef fish need the free State Reef Fish Angler (SRFS) designation. NC: CRFL; SC/GA: saltwater licence.
✓Distances (FL): 100 yd from beaches/piers/bridges, 100 ft from the above-water part of a jetty. banned in FL and SC; rebreathers are illegal for spearfishing in FL.
✓SC: gamefish (red drum/seatrout/cobia/tarpon/striped bass) hook-and-line only (§50-5-1700). GA: speargun doubtful in state water — real hunting on federal reefs.

⛔ 🚫 Spiny lobster/stone crab — hand-take only (no puncturing). banned in FL and SC. Monroe County (Long Key north to the Miami-Dade line — incl. Key Largo): spearfishing banned; the lionfish licence exemption does NOT override it — hand-held nets only there.

US spearfishing law is state-by-state. License, spearable species, powerhead rules and distances vary; federal sanctuaries (Gray's Reef, the Keys, Flower Garden Banks) ban spearfishing. Always confirm with the state agency and local ordinances.

Safety protocol

Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

FAQ — spearfishing in North Myrtle Beach

Where can I spearfish in North Myrtle Beach?

North Myrtle Beach has rock entry points such as North Myrtle Beach public beach access 34, North Myrtle Beach public beach access 36 and North Myrtle Beach public beach access 24. On the South Carolina coast of United States, North Myrtle Beach looks south-east: the local shoreline measures 153°. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

When is the best season in North Myrtle Beach?

Apr–Nov; non-gamefish only (sheepshead), gamefish hook-and-line only.

How cold is the water in North Myrtle Beach?

Murky nearshore, clearer on offshore reefs; 20–28 °C.

Is North Myrtle Beach good for a beginner?

Intermediate: bang-sticks/powerheads banned, gamefish hook-and-line only.

Do I need a licence in North Myrtle Beach?

Yes — in North Myrtle Beach almost certainly, but the licence is the STATE's, not a federal one: nearly every coastal state requires its own saltwater fishing licence, and several add a free registration or an extra endorsement on top (Florida's free State Reef Fish Survey for reef fish, Texas's saltwater endorsement, California's Ocean Enhancement Validation). Hawaii asks nothing of residents and charges visitors the NRMFL. What may be speared, and with what gear, is state law too — the price and the details depend on the state, so read the «Law» block below.

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Windows, hours
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A marine instrument,
go / no-go for solo hunting.

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

Where to get in
off the rocks.

What's in season,
what the law says.