Myrtle Beach Renourishment — 2026 Status

Sand placement inside Myrtle Beach city limits finished on Friday, July 3, 2026, with crews wrapping up near the 2nd Avenue Pier and 3rd Avenue South. All beach accesses in the Myrtle Beach segment are open, and the 3rd Avenue South access reopened to pedestrians over the July 4th holiday weekend. With Myrtle Beach done, the dredges moved south to Reach 3 (Surfside Beach and Garden City), the final phase of the project.

What to Know

• Myrtle Beach (Reach 2) is the segment under active construction as of mid-June 2026.
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on May 5, 2026 that mechanical failures and scheduling conflicts pushed the schedule back roughly two months; work resumed May 29 and the city says USACE now expects the Myrtle Beach city-limits segment to be done by the first of July.
• Crews work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, restoring up to 500 feet of beach per day depending on conditions.
• Sand placement began at the north end (around 48th–50th Avenue North) and moves south. The completed stretch now runs from 48th Avenue North southward.
• The week of June 8, 2026, two zones were active at once: 29th–31st Avenue North and 2nd–3rd Avenue South. Each ~1,000-foot section closes for about 3–4 days, then reopens — check the live tracker for today’s active section before heading out.
• Once the Myrtle Beach segment wraps in early July, the dredges move south to Surfside Beach and Garden City.
• The 67th Avenue North access remains closed until the Myrtle Beach segment is complete.