Socastee, South Carolina Weather
Socastee, 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 for Socastee, Horry County.
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About Socastee, South Carolina
Socastee spreads across a low-lying coastal plain, where the broad, slow-moving Waccamaw River winds its way toward the sea, its banks often fringed with cypress and gum trees draped in Spanish moss. It lies 6.4 miles west of Myrtle Beach, SC (from Myrtle Beach, SC: bearing 267°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-south-west of Carolina Forest. The air here carries the humid, verdant scent of subtropical growth, thick with the murmur of insects and the distant cry of gulls. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm swathes across the flat terrain, illuminating patches of wild azaleas and the occasional glint of water through the dense foliage. The landscape is a gentle, yielding earth, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a soft, persistent warmth, a constant reminder of the nearby Atlantic’s embrace. This land, once the domain of Native American tribes who navigated these waterways for centuries, later became a vital artery for commerce and industry. The legacy of the timber and naval stores industries lingers, with echoes of sawmills and turpentine stills that once hummed with activity along the riverbanks. Today, Socastee’s economy is more diversified, embracing tourism and the services that support its growing population, yet the Waccamaw River remains its beating heart, a source of both livelihood and leisure. The gentle flow of its waters carries the whispers of a past tied to the bounty of the coast and the resilience of those who made their homes here, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this riparian community.
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| Location | Socastee, Horry County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.683504°N, 78.998368°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29588 |
| Area Code | 843, 854 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Socastee, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Socastee, 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 Socastee includes coordinates 33.683504°N, 78.998368°W, situated in Horry County. ZIP code 29588. Telephone area code: 843, 854. 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.
