Surfside Beach calls itself 'the family beach,' and the films on this page back the branding with specifics — including one distinction the town is proudest of: certified autism-friendly since 2016, among the first destinations in the country to earn it.

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, SC: A Relaxed Family Beach Town Near Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Moments

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Visit Myrtle Beach's Myrtle Moments segment on Surfside Beach, filmed with the town's own people — communications coordinator Tabitha and Mayor Rob Crouse — making the case for the quiet family town just south of the SkyWheel's glare: a welcoming, committee-run small town that most Myrtle Beach visitors never discover.

Key takeaways
  • Surfside told by its mayor and events coordinator
  • The town's pitch: small, welcoming and deliberately quieter than Myrtle Beach
  • Part of the CVB's Myrtle Moments town series

Surfside Beach, SC Tour! Restaurants, Bars, & Pier Update! | Things to do near Myrtle Beach!

Carmen and Brian

A 2022 walking tour of Surfside Beach's main area — the restaurants and bars along its Ocean Boulevard — filmed while the pier was still a construction site, with the hosts checking the rebuild's progress from the beach. The 'before' chapter of Surfside's pier story, and a tour of the town that surrounds it.

Key takeaways
  • Surfside's restaurant-and-bar strip walked in 2022
  • The pier mid-construction — the 'before' to 2024's reopening films
  • Shows the makeshift beach accesses of the construction era

The pier came back

Surfside's original pier was lost to Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The anchor film here is Carmen and Brian's full tour of its concrete replacement days after it opened in March 2024 — shops, restaurants, fishing deck, and free to walk, as the hosts confirm on camera. A 2022 town tour provides the 'before': the restaurant-and-bar strip walked while the pier was still a construction site. By July 2026 the pier is the town's front porch, filmed during the beach-renourishment project with the hosts answering the question every renter was asking — whether the sand in front of their place would be closed. Conditions in that film are as filmed; renourishment moves along the coast.

The town itself

The CVB's segment tells Surfside through its own people — the mayor and the events coordinator making the case for a small, welcoming, committee-run town. The Boones then spend a full eight hours following their subscribers' top-rated picks around town, the deepest single dive into what to actually do here. Carmen and Brian's 2026 update closes the set: what is new and different this year for returning visitors, the pier still free to walk and, in their words, really, really nice.

Sources: the 7 videos on this page, filmed 2022–2026.

WE SPENT 8 HOURS Following YOUR Top-Rated Picks in Surfside Beach, SC Things to do near Myrtle Beach

Beachin with the Boones

Eight hours in Surfside Beach, following the Boones' subscribers' top-rated picks around town — the restaurants, shops and stops the locals' audience ranked highest, worked through in one long day (with a roofing crew providing the occasional percussion). The deepest single dive into what to actually do in the family beach.

Key takeaways
  • A full day — 8 hours — of subscriber-ranked Surfside picks
  • The town through its own fans' favorites, not a guidebook's
  • Filmed in 2026, with the rebuilt pier at the center of town life

What's NEW in Surfside Beach, South Carolina in 2026?

Carmen and Brian

What's new in Surfside Beach in 2026: Carmen and Brian's annual update — the new pier (free to walk, and 'really, really nice'), the newest restaurants including the River City Cafe deck they recommend, and everything that has changed for returning visitors. The current-state briefing for the family beach.

Key takeaways
  • The 2026 Surfside update: pier, restaurants and changes
  • Returning-visitor focused — what is different this year
  • The new pier remains free to walk, as filmed

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

Beachin with the Boones

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: Surfside Beach, guided

1 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Surfside Beach: The Family Beach

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The official short portrait of Surfside Beach, 'the family beach': wide sandy shores, a slower pace, pier fishing, go-karts and mini golf — and the distinction the town is proudest of, certified autism-friendly since 2016 through the Champion Autism Network, among the first destinations in the country to earn it.

Key takeaways
  • Surfside's nickname is official: 'the family beach'
  • Certified autism-friendly since 2016 — among the first in the U.S.
  • The rebuilt pier is the heart of town

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