Myrtle Beach Renourishment — 2026 Status

Sand placement inside Myrtle Beach city limits finished on Friday, July 3, 2026, with crews wrapping up near the 2nd Avenue Pier and 3rd Avenue South. All beach accesses in the Myrtle Beach segment are open, and the 3rd Avenue South access reopened to pedestrians over the July 4th holiday weekend. With Myrtle Beach done, the dredges moved south to Reach 3 (Surfside Beach and Garden City), the final phase of the project.

What to Know

• Myrtle Beach (Reach 2) finished sand placement on Friday, July 3, 2026, with crews wrapping up near the 2nd Avenue Pier and 3rd Avenue South.
• The segment overcame a rough two-month delay: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on May 5, 2026 that mechanical failures and scheduling conflicts had pushed the schedule back, and work resumed May 29.
• Crews worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week, restoring up to 500 feet of beach per day. Sand placement started at the north end (around 48th–50th Avenue North) and moved south to the city line.
• All beach accesses in the Myrtle Beach segment have reopened, including 67th Avenue North and 3rd Avenue South. No further renourishment closures are expected inside Myrtle Beach city limits.
• With Myrtle Beach complete, the dredges moved south to Reach 3 (Surfside Beach and Garden City), the final phase of the project.