Beach Safety Tips: Your Guide to Beach Safety in the Myrtle Beach Area

Written By Colleen Balzotti

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With tens of thousands of people swimming along Myrtle Beach during the summertime, our area has an excellent safety record. It’s important to take proper precautions whenever near water. Here are a few beach safety tips:

  • Look for, read, and obey all beach safety flags 

  • Swim in areas with a lifeguard

  • Listen and follow lifeguard’s directions and warning

  • Swim with a buddy

  • Swim sober

  • Don’t fight the current (signal for help!) 

  • Don’t float where you can’t swim

  • Watch small children closely

  • Don’t swim or surf within 75 yards of piers

  • Don’t swim where people are fishing

  • Don’t dive into the surf (protect your neck!)

  • Leash your boogie board or surfboard

  • Ask a lifeguard about ocean water conditions

  • Don’t swim in public bodies of water if you have open wounds/cuts or a compromised immune systems 

  • Know the local rules and laws (visit the municipality’s website for more info)

Colleen Balzotti
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