Hollywood, South Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Hollywood, Horry County.
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Hollywood, South Carolina, exhales a humid, pine-scented breath under a sky that often softens to a hazy, oyster-shell grey as afternoon bleeds into evening. It lies 13.7 miles east-north-east of Carolina Forest, SC (from Carolina Forest, SC: bearing 66°T), and is situated 2.8 miles north-east of North Myrtle Beach. The land here is a low, flat expanse, a languid stretch of coastal plain where the earth seems to sigh rather than stand firm, its soil a rich, dark loam that nourishes stands of palmetto and tenacious scrub oak. Creeks, sluggish and brown as tea, meander through the landscape, their banks often fringed with the dense, whispering reeds that mark the edge of marshland. The air, especially in the muggy embrace of summer, hums with the ceaseless thrum of unseen insects, a constant, living pulse beneath the languid sway of the Spanish moss that drapes itself like spectral lace from the branches of ancient live oaks. The history of Hollywood is intertwined with the gentle ebb and flow of its waterways and the enduring legacy of agriculture. This was a landscape shaped by rice plantations in centuries past, their ghosted fields now often reclaimed by the encroaching wilderness, a quiet testament to a different era. The local economy, while diversified, still holds a deep connection to the land, with remnants of farming and a growing reliance on the proximity to the bustling Grand Strand to the north providing its modern rhythm. While no grand monuments define Hollywood, its character is found in the unassuming homes set back from quiet roads, the small, independent businesses that serve the immediate needs of its residents, and the pervasive sense of stillness that settles over the place as the coastal sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of rose and lavender.
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| Location | Hollywood, Horry County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.841839°N, 78.641403°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29582, 29205, 29470 |
| Area Code | 803, 864 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hollywood, South Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hollywood includes coordinates 33.841839°N, 78.641403°W, situated in Horry County. ZIP code 29582, 29205, 29470. Telephone area code: 803, 864. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.