The Pier at Garden City — 668 feet of fishing deck, arcade, cafe and a bar at the end — is the social center of Garden City Beach, and it is filmed here across a full year of seasons.

The Pier at Garden City Beach - Labor Day Weekend Tour & Lunch at Sam's Corner! Near Myrtle Beach

Beachin with the Boones

Labor Day weekend at the Pier at Garden City: the Boones tour the pier at the height of the season's last big weekend — the fishing deck, the arcade and cafe, the bar at the end with its summer live-music nights — then look back down the coast toward Murrells Inlet from the end of the pier, with lunch at Sam's Corner, the diner across the street since 1976.

Key takeaways
  • The pier on Labor Day weekend: fishing, arcade, cafe and the end-of-pier bar
  • Live music is the pier's summer-evening signature
  • Sam's Corner diner, across from the pier, is the traditional lunch stop

Garden City Beach Pier Tour in August 2025 - Just south of Myrtle Beach

Beachin with the Boones

An August 2025 evening on the Garden City Pier, built around the pier's karaoke night — the Boones sing, walk the deck, and fold in a beach-safety talk about rip currents after a day that started up the coast in Southport. The pier as a nighttime hangout, not just a fishing spot.

Key takeaways
  • Karaoke night is a standing Garden City Pier tradition
  • Filmed August 2025, peak season
  • Includes a plain-spoken rip-current safety segment

Garden City Beach Pier End of Season - The FUN is still Going Strong! South end of Myrtle Beach, SC.

Beachin with the Boones

The end-of-season film: the Boones walk the Garden City Pier in November 2025 and find the fun still going — fishing, food and the pier's social scene running well past the summer crowds. A look at what the pier is like in the quiet months, when locals get it back.

Key takeaways
  • November 2025: the pier stays lively after the season ends
  • The off-season, locals-first side of the Garden City Pier
  • Part of the Boones' year-round coverage of this pier

The pier in season

The Labor Day weekend tour catches the pier at the height of the season's last big weekend: fishing on the deck, the arcade and cafe busy, live music at the end-of-pier bar — then lunch across the street at Sam's Corner, the diner that has stood opposite since 1976. An August 2025 evening film is built around karaoke night, a standing pier tradition, and folds in a plain-spoken rip-current safety talk.

The pier out of season

A November 2025 film finds the fun still going well past the crowds — the locals' pier. Two approach films widen the frame: a bike ride in from Marlin Quay Marina down Garden City's creek side, and an August 2023 drive north to check on the then-still-closed Surfside pier, with Garden City's open pier as the benchmark. A drone pass closes the set, setting the pier in its shoreline from above.

Sources: the 6 videos on this page, filmed 2023–2025.

Watch: Garden City Pier, guided

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Beach Bike Tour from Marlin Quay Marina to The Pier at Garden City

Beachin with the Boones

A Sunday bike ride from Marlin Quay Marina down the Garden City creekside to the Pier at Garden City — the Boones pedal the marsh-front route they had just ridden to the jetties, ending at the pier. Shows the creek-and-marina side of Garden City that most visitors only see from the beach.

Key takeaways
  • A bike-tour approach to the pier from Marlin Quay Marina
  • Covers Garden City's creek/marsh side, not just the oceanfront
  • The pier as the natural end point of the ride

Driving Tour from Garden City Pier to the "Almost Open" Surfside Beach Pier. New signage & railings.

Beachin with the Boones

A Sunday drive from pier to pier: the Boones start at the Garden City Pier in August 2023 and drive the oceanfront north to check on the then-almost-open Surfside Beach Pier, passing the close-to-the-beach rental houses along the way. Garden City's pier is the established benchmark the still-closed Surfside pier is measured against.

Key takeaways
  • August 2023: Garden City Pier open and busy while Surfside's was still weeks from opening
  • The oceanfront drive between the two piers, rentals and all
  • Read on Surfside's page for the sequel — its pier finally opened in March 2024

Garden City Pier Drone Footage - Garden City, SC

Carolina Things

Drone footage over the Garden City Pier and the beach around it — an aerial pass over the 668-foot pier, its roofline and the Garden City shoreline, from the Carolina Things channel. Pure scenery: the pier's place in the coastline, seen from above.

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