DHEC lifts beach swimming advisories

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has lifted all local swim advisories. 

Beaches along South Carolina’s coast are no longer under a swimming advisory, DHEC says in a press release. Bacteria levels no longer exceed water quality standards.

The areas affected were:

– 16th Ave. North in North Myrtle Beach

– 16th Ave. North in Surfside Beach

– 11th Ave. North in Surfside Beach

– 3rd Ave. South in Surfside Beach

Please visit http://gis.dhec.sc.gov/beachaccess/ to view recent water sampling results along the coast.

For more information, call the Myrtle Beach DHEC office at 843-238-4378.