Beach Monitoring website offers water quality and safety information
Myrtle Beach and other Grand Strand cities have been working with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to improve the state’s Beach Monitoring Program. With help from the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the group has created a new Check My Beach website for water quality and safety information. The site provides information on everything from rip currents to beach flags to water quality testing. The goal is to provide accurate, up...-to-date information directly to beachgoers.
This new program and website (https://www.checkmybeach.com) are the subject of a public meeting at 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 11, at the Myrtle Beach Train Depot. DHEC routinely tests ocean water quality at more than 120 South Carolina locations during the swim season, from May 1 through October 1. The City of Myrtle Beach also tests its ocean water quality weekly during the summer months, so our waters are tested twice a week.