Surfside Beach, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Surfside Beach, South Carolina, shaded from 5 ft on the north side to 32 ft on the west side
Elevation
38 ft 12 m30 ft 9 m26 ft 8 m18 ft 5 m9 ft 3 m5 ft 2 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Surfside Beach sits at about 16 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
16 ft 5 m
most residents: 10–20 ft
Lowest
5 ft 2 m
on the north side
Highest
32 ft 10 m
on the west side
Average
17 ft 5 m
all land inside town limits

Surfside Beach is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 27 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
16 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
32 ft10 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
5 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Surfside Beach
9 ft3 m
Airport (MYR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.3 mi northeast of the town limits
25 ft8 m
Average of all land17 ft5 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Surfside Beach, South Carolina, shaded from 5 ft on the north side to 32 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Horry County, South Carolina, United States
Population
4,368 2024 est.
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
2,292 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.6060° N, 78.9731° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Myrtle Beach International (MYR) 25 ft
ZIP codes 1
29575
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Red Hill39 ft
  2. Carolina Forest34 ft
  3. Myrtle Beach22 ft
  4. Forestbrook21 ft
  5. Garden City19 ft
  6. Murrells Inlet19 ft
  7. Surfside Beach16 ft
  8. Socastee15 ft
  9. Litchfield Beach14 ft
  10. Bucksport14 ft
  11. Pawleys Island5 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Hill60 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 4 ft at 33.6096° N, 78.9724° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.