Every film on this page was chosen for the frame, not the itinerary — the spots where the Strand photographs best, shown at their best hours.

Myrtle Beach SKYWHEEL Ride at Sunset / Night!

Carmen and Brian

The sunset-and-night edition of Carmen and Brian's SkyWheel rides — their first evening flight. The film catches the wheel's scale from directly underneath, the light change over the ocean as the sun drops, and the practical detail riders ask about, including the gondola weight limit they read at boarding (about 1,322 pounds).

Key takeaways
  • Sunset-to-dark flight — the wheel's most photogenic hour
  • Gondola weight limit noted at boarding: about 1,322 lb
  • Evening rides show the Boulevard lights coming on below

Myrtle Beach SKYWHEEL Summer Ride! AMAZING blue water!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's summer SkyWheel ride, filmed for the water: on a blue-water day the Atlantic below the gondola is the attraction. They board at gate four, sit opposite each other for the views on both sides, and count the crowds on the Boardwalk below — the peak-season version of the flight.

Key takeaways
  • Summer ride chosen for the Atlantic's blue-water days
  • Opposite-side seating shows both the ocean and city views
  • Peak-season Boardwalk crowds visible from the top

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.

The wheel, twice

The SkyWheel at sunset: the light changing over the ocean, the Boulevard lights coming on below — the wheel's most photogenic hour. The summer ride is its counterpart: chosen for a blue-water day, when the Atlantic below the gondola is the attraction.

From above and at the ends

A drone pass over Garden City Pier sets the 668-foot pier in its shoreline from the air. Cherry Grove Point — the secluded inlet end of the road, Angel of Hope statue — is the quiet composition at the Strand's north tip. Pawleys Island's causeway crossing and Point are the south end's arrival shot.

Cherry Grove Point Walk in North Myrtle Beach. Still Secluded. The Angel Of Hope Has Returned.

Beachin with the Boones

The Boones walk out to Cherry Grove Point, the secluded inlet point at the very end of Ocean Boulevard where Cherry Grove meets the marsh. They park at the end of the road, take the little walkway out, and find the Angel of Hope statue shifted further out than on their last visit — a quiet, locals-feeling end of the beach, nothing like the Strand's busy middle.

Key takeaways
  • Cherry Grove Point: the inlet end of Ocean Boulevard, reached by a short walkway
  • The Angel of Hope statue stands out on the point
  • 'Still secluded' is the hosts' verdict — the anti-Boardwalk beach day

Brookgreen Gardens Tour Near Myrtle Beach, SC! Botanical Gardens, Lowcountry Zoo, Art & More!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian call Brookgreen 'Myrtle Beach's best kept secret' in this tour — botanical and flower gardens, a working vegetable garden, sculpture exhibits, the Lowcountry Zoo, tours and classes. The film also records a storm closure: one garden area shut for the season after early-summer storm damage, with hopes to reopen the next — a reminder the gardens are a living landscape.

Key takeaways
  • Creators' verdict: the area's best kept secret
  • Vegetable garden, flower gardens, tours and classes beyond the sculpture
  • A storm-damaged area was closed for the season when filmed

Atalaya Castle at Huntington State Beach

MyrtleBeach.com

MyrtleBeach.com's short profile of Atalaya Castle, the Moorish-style winter home inside Huntington Beach State Park. Loaded as watch content.

The composed places

Brookgreen Gardens was built to be looked at — sculpture in garden rooms, filmed in a full tour. Atalaya Castle's Moorish courtyards get a short profile (watch content). A June bicycle tour of the Boardwalk, end to end, closes it: the calm hotel end and the dense SkyWheel core in one moving frame.

Sources: the 8 videos on this page.

Watch: Myrtle Beach Photo Spots Guide, guided

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Pawleys Island: Historic Resort Tranquility

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The CVB's short Pawleys Island portrait: 'In Pawleys Island, time moves differently — slower, softer, and just a little saltier.' The film calls Pawleys the oldest seaside resort in America, walks the causeway over the salt marsh to the wide, uncrowded beach at Pawleys Island Point, and ends in the historic district — 'arrogantly shabby' and proud of it.

Key takeaways
  • Pawleys bills itself as America's oldest seaside resort
  • The causeway crossing and the Point are the arrival ritual
  • 'Arrogantly shabby' — the island's own famous self-description

What's NEW on the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk in June! Full Tour!

Carmen and Brian

A June Boardwalk tour by bicycle — Carmen and Brian ride it end to end, from the quieter hotel end to the central SkyWheel stretch and up to 16th Avenue North. Riding shows the Boardwalk's two personalities in one pass: the calm residential-feeling southern end and the dense attraction core most visitors mean by 'the Boardwalk.'

Key takeaways
  • Full-length ride: quiet hotel end to the SkyWheel core
  • Northern reach covered to 16th Avenue North
  • Best single film for the Boardwalk's layout and distances

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