North Myrtle Beach is its own city with its own tempo — quieter than its southern neighbor, centered on Main Street and Ocean Drive, and famous far beyond the Strand as the birthplace of the Carolina Shag.
Main Street and the shag
Carmen and Brian's summer walking tour covers the full strip, from the Ocean Drive beach clubs to the shops and murals, passing Duck's, the nightlife landmark of the beach-music scene. The CVB's Myrtle Moments segment then tells the shag story with the town's own destination president: how South Carolina's state dance grew up on Ocean Drive, and why the club scene here is famously all-ages, with partners rotating all night. A Boones walk repeats the route after the crowds leave, with lunch at Buoy's on the Boulevard.
Ocean Drive across the year
Three drives take the boulevard's measure in different seasons: June at the start of peak season, rating the oceanfront resorts on the way down from Cherry Grove; February 2025 in the quiet local months (with an oceanfront hotel's $12 million sale noted as filmed); and January 2026, in what the hosts call maybe the coldest week of the year, with the town gearing up for its St. Patrick's Day Festival — one of the biggest dates on the North Myrtle calendar.
Sources: the 6 videos on this page, filmed 2025–2026 and across the seasons.