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Garden City Pier


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USA, South East, South Carolina

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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualitySloppy
 experienceall surfers
 surf frequencyDon't know
    Wave
typebeach-break
 directionright and left
 bottomsandy
 power- fast
- ordinary
 normal lengthshort (<50m)
 good daynormal (50 to 150m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- SouthEast
- NorthEast
 wind direction- North
- NorthWest
- NorthEast
 swell sizestarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+
 tide positionmid and high tide
 tide movementrising tide
  Author: Anonymous
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Garden City Pier Access
  South from Myrtle Beach on Hwy17 By-pass S. Turn on Atlantic @ Circle K. Down to pier. Parking on S side.
  distancetake a car
  walkinstant access (<5 mn)
  easy to find?easy to find
  public access?public access
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd ok
week-end crowd ultra crowded
  dangers- rips / undertow
- rocks
- localism
  webcam url
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 The N side is less localized and also less consistent. S side you must charge!
  Overview
  Atmosphere Ahhh, Garden City, a popular yet sloppy break. A lot of very good locals here, plus your average old fat longboard crew. This place can get mad crazy on a good swell, so respect 'em and they'll respect you!
The Garden City Pier is pretty laid back. Just don't be a kook and Cut someone off. There are a lot of talented surfers here.
  General It's an OK spot, in fact it's the best on the Grand Strand, but it lacks the ability to get swell as easy as close breaks like Folly and Pawleys Is.
It's a fun wave when there is swell. It's best to drive up to Carolina Beach or down to Folly. But if your stuck here. You will have fun surfing it.
 
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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.33° 41.47258' N
GPS Long.78° 53.40454' W
PrecisionApproximate
 
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Garden City Pier, United States of America
By drew0880, 2007-12-27 09:30:57

Just another small day in Garden City, but still a fun day. The reason for the added session is because i got a new board today. Its an Al Merrick, Sashimi, 6'2. I wanted something faster than my 6'6. This definately is!   &n
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Garden City Pier, United States of America
By drew0880, 2007-06-03 08:30:00
Tropical Storm Barry

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comment by Patrick P., 2007-09-06 13:41:27

What a kook...
"Anonymous" must be a hardcore local surfer(insert extreme sarcasm here. You are are just one of many summertime surfer kooks that pollute our breaks from June till the end of August. You need to go somewhere with that local crap.

comment by His loving wife., 2007-03-26 22:20:28

Alive and Well
Eric Eason is alive and well living in GC and Columbia. Shop at Village - the best around!

comment by Anonymous, 2007-02-19 18:36:11

Home Break
I've been surfing this wave every day for the past 3 years. There are actually 4 seperate breaks in the way the sand bar works. Right next to the pier is the best, BUT you have massive ammounts of bull sharks, fisherman, and COPS, if the beach is not crowed, and you are near the pier, you can and will get a ticket. GC cops have nothing to do but sit at the pier hotel and write tickets. There is Rainbows, which is about 50 yards north of the pier, look on the beach and see a row of condos that are painted like Raibow Road in Charleston. Most times is 2-3 feet, but a good swell can send it to the 6-8 foot range. Little farther north gives you Pine Ave, my home break. If you come here in the summer, you will find me and my 4 friends EVERY DAY surfing this spot, look for a Clemson tiger paw on my board, and that's me. The beach does get crowded, especially because there is a Christian Camp that brings over 100 kids to the beach every week. Lots of spongers and what not.Be warned, this is a local spot, just like 13 Ave South, we can be assholes, we are assholes. Dont drop in, dont talk shit. Oh yeah, the Village is a great place to get advice. They are all super friendly if you come in humble and curious. Kelly Richard's shapes some of the best boards in the world. My friend use to swear by Al Merrick, but once he hopped on a 5'11" Perfection (the name of the Richard Board) he feel in love. If you can, pick up a board, they arnt that expensive and well worth the money.Have a good vaction. Miyabi Japanese Resturant in murrells inlet is where its at!

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