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Satellite view of Midway Swash; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Midway Swash

United StatesSouth Carolina · United States · Pacific Ocean

33.6557, -78.9200 · Myrtle Beach, 5 km

  • 28°Sea · August
  • 29°High · July
  • 9.1 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Midway Swash. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Midway Swash in October

  • 24°CAir, daytime high20°C at night
  • 24°CSea temperature
  • 6.6 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month118 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 115Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Midway Swash ↗
  • 3 kmAirport: Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 22.4 °C — 1.3 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August28 °C
Most sunshineMay and June9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and April69 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°5 h69 mm
  2. Feb15°5 h94 mm
  3. Mar16°7 h96 mm
  4. Apr19°9 h83 mm
  5. May22°9 h107 mm
  6. Jun26°9 h148 mm
  7. Jul28°9 h176 mm
  8. Aug28°8 h189 mm
  9. Sep27°7 h172 mm
  10. Oct24°7 h118 mm
  11. Nov20°6 h92 mm
  12. Dec18°5 h106 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16°Feb: 15°Mar: 16°Apr: 19°May: 22°Jun: 26°Jul: 28°Aug: 28°Sep: 27°Oct: 24°Nov: 20°Dec: 18°28°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Feb: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 10°)Mar: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Apr: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 16°)May: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Jun: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Jul: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)Aug: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)Sep: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Oct: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Nov: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 14°)Dec: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 11°)27°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 69 mm69Feb: 94 mmMar: 96 mmApr: 83 mmMay: 107 mmJun: 148 mmJul: 176 mmAug: 189 mm189Sep: 172 mmOct: 118 mmNov: 92 mmDec: 106 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.0 hFeb: 5.4 hMar: 6.7 hApr: 8.6 hMay: 9.1 h9.1Jun: 9.0 hJul: 8.7 hAug: 7.8 hSep: 6.9 hOct: 6.6 hNov: 5.7 hDec: 4.7 h4.7

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Midway Swash: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Midway Swash: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1491669115.022
February15101594105.422
March17131696116.721
April21161983108.620
May242022107149.118
June282426148209.017
July292628176238.717
Augustwarmest sea292628189227.816
September272427172166.919
October242024118106.619
November1914209295.720
December161118106114.721

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Midway Swash: Atlantic Ocean shoreline in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Photo: Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) This image was made by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) . Email · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER23 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20205 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.123 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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