Eight fishing piers string the Grand Strand, and this guide starts with the film that visits all of them in a single run before giving the majors their own footage.

We Toured ALL 8 Myrtle Beach Piers in 3 Hours!

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The grand tour: the Boones visit all eight Grand Strand fishing piers in under three hours, starting at Garden City and working the coast — Garden City, Surfside, Second Avenue, Pier 14, Springmaid, the State Park pier, Apache and Cherry Grove. Pier 14's segment puts the Boardwalk pier in its family of piers; the film is the fastest orientation to pier-hopping the Strand there is.

Key takeaways
  • All eight Grand Strand piers in one film, Garden City to Cherry Grove
  • Pier 14 covered as the Boardwalk stop on the route
  • A useful comparison of what each pier offers anglers and walkers

What’s Newly Opened in North Myrtle Beach, SC! The Cherry Grove Fishing Pier is NOW BACK OPEN! 2024!

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The Cherry Grove Fishing Pier is back: the Boones film the pier in March 2024, freshly reopened after the long rebuild that kept it closed through 2023. Anglers are already fishing and walkers are out on the deck; the hosts check what is open, talk to people fishing, and take in the pier as a working fishing pier again.

Key takeaways
  • Filmed at the pier's reopening in March 2024, after its full rebuild
  • Fishing and sightseeing both back underway on day one
  • The pier anchors the Cherry Grove end of North Myrtle Beach

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

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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

The grand tour

The Boones tour all eight piers in under three hours — Garden City, Surfside, Second Avenue, Pier 14, Springmaid, the State Park pier, Apache and Cherry Grove — comparing what each offers anglers and walkers. It is the fastest orientation to pier-hopping the Strand there is.

The majors

Cherry Grove Pier on its March 2024 reopening day, after the long rebuild. Garden City Pier twice: Labor Day weekend at full social throttle (arcade, cafe, end-of-pier bar, Sam's Corner across the street) and November, the locals' season. Surfside Pier at its March 2024 debut — free to walk — and again in July 2026, explaining the renourishment project from the deck. Myrtle Beach State Park's pier, coin viewfinders pointed at its neighbors. And Pier 14, the Boardwalk's restaurant pier, at lunch.

Sources: the 8 videos on this page. Second Avenue Pier appears inside the grand tour as one stop among eight.

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

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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

Surfside Beach Pier NOW OPEN! Full Tour & Details About Shops and Restaurants!

Carmen and Brian

The Surfside Beach Pier is open again: Carmen and Brian's full tour of the rebuilt concrete pier in March 2024, days into its new life — the shops, the restaurants, the fishing deck and the views, with the detail that it is free to walk. The pier the town waited years for, documented at its debut; the hosts also point out Garden City Pier, two and a half miles south, as the sister pier.

Key takeaways
  • Full tour of the rebuilt Surfside Pier at its March 2024 reopening
  • Free to walk, as the hosts confirm on camera
  • The original pier was lost to Hurricane Matthew in 2016 — this is its replacement

Surfside Beach Pier Tour near Myrtle Beach! Real-Time Beach Closure / Renourishment Project Update!

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A July 2026 update from the Surfside Beach Pier: the Boones tour the pier in real time and answer the question vacationers kept asking — where the beach-renourishment dredges would be working and whether the sand in front of their rentals would be closed. The pier as the town's front porch, with the renourishment project explained from the deck.

Key takeaways
  • July 2026: the pier during the beach-renourishment project
  • Answers the 'will my beach be closed?' question visitors were asking
  • Conditions stated as filmed — renourishment moves along the coast

Watch: Myrtle Beach Piers Guide, guided

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Myrtle Beach, SC State Park Fishing Pier Tour 2026 – What to see on your Vacation!

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Beachin' with the Boones spend a day at Myrtle Beach State Park: they walk the fishing pier with its coin viewfinders (Springmaid and Surfside piers visible down the coast), dodge the carpenter bees, watch planes on final approach overhead, and show the beach, ramps and park atmosphere that keep locals coming back to this wooded oceanfront park.

Key takeaways
  • The park's pier has classic coin-operated viewfinders aimed at neighboring piers
  • A newer sloped ramp improved wheelchair access from the pier area
  • The park sits under the airport flight path — plane-spotting is part of the experience

Pier 14 in Myrtle Beach AND Beach Renourishment Closure UPDATE- Best Views for Lunch

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Lunch on Pier 14, filmed in June 2026: the Boones eat at the restaurant at the end of the boardwalk pier, browse the gift shop, and take a beer out on the deck to watch the sailboats — while covering the beach-renourishment work then closing stretches of sand nearby. The pier as locals use it: a restaurant with the best seat on the Boardwalk.

Key takeaways
  • Pier 14's restaurant and gift shop, filmed June 2026
  • The deck is the draw: drinks over the water at the Boardwalk's end
  • Filmed during beach-renourishment closures nearby — conditions as filmed

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