Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Murrells Inlet, Oaks Creek, SC

There are three marinas on Main Creek; two are at the landing, and the other is eastward of the landing on the west side of the barrier beach. Berthage, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, launching ramps, and some marine supplies are available at all facilities; hull repairs can be made at all the facilities. Depths in the approaches and alongside the piers at the marinas are reported to be about 3 feet. Restaurants and motels are available.
Navigation:
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Murrells Inlet, 12 miles southwest of Myrtle Beach and 20 miles north-northeastward of Georgetown Light, connects with Main Creek and Oaks Creek, which drain a considerable area of marsh between the mainland and the outer beach. The entrance to the inlet is protected by jetties. A lighted whistle buoy is off the entrance, and lights mark the outer ends of the jetties. The dredged entrance channel and the channel through Main Creek to a turning basin about 2.9 miles above the entrance are marked by lights and daybeacons. In 2010, severe shoaling existed inside the entrance channel. Safe passage is marked by aids to navigation to 33°32’00″N., 79°02’05″W., thence 2.9 feet to the turning basin, thence 3.6 feet in the basin. In 1981, a wreck was reported off the entrance to the inlet in about 33°31.4’N., 79°01.5’W. Inside the inlet, where the channel turns sharply to northward into Main Creek, the tide rips are strong at full ebb or flood current. Local fishermen use this inlet, but strangers should not enter without local knowledge.