Rip Current in South Carolina

Events

84

Deaths

53

Injuries

16

Damage

None recorded

• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 14, 20133 deaths · 1 eventFrequent gusts of 25 knots with 4 to 6 foot seas produced Rip Currents at Fripp Island. 3 people died due to drowning.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, June 19 to 20, 20203 deaths · 1 eventStrong rip currents cost the lives of three people.
• Rip Currents in South Carolina, July 4, 20132 deaths · 2 eventsA persistent southeast wind and swell produced strong rip currents at North Myrtle Beach.
• Rip Currents in South Carolina, August 16, 20242 deaths · 2 eventsLong period swell energy, high surf and modest east to northeast winds led to conditions favorable for strong rip currents along the Southeast South Carolina beaches.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, June 24, 20042 deaths · 1 eventA long shore current evolved into a rip current and was responsible for two deaths. The first occurred around 615 pm near 24th Avenue North, and the other occurred later that evening (8 pm) around 18th Avenue North.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, June 26, 20052 deaths · 1 eventStrong rip currents took the lives of two people at Myrtle Beach State Park.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 23, 20052 deaths · 1 eventTwo people drowned from rip currents at Myrtle Beach. One drowned near 11th Ave. , and the other near 17th Ave.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 7, 20112 deaths · 1 eventTwo men drowned in a rip current while attempting to save a six year old child.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 8, 20132 deaths · 1 eventStrong rip currents caused the drowning of two people at Myrtle Beach.
• Tornado and Storm Surge in South Carolina, August 3 to 4, 20201 death · 1 injured · $100,000 · EF0 · 3 eventsHurricane Isaias came off the African coast as a tropical wave on July 23, 2020. It became Tropical Storm Isaias on July 30th, further strengthening to a hurricane on the 31st. After crossing the Bahamas, it weakened to a tropical storm.
• Rip Currents in South Carolina, August 19 to 20, 20171 death · 3 injured · 2 eventsA southerly wind developed between a weak cold front inland and high pressure over the Atlantic. The wind along with enhanced astronomical influences produced rip currents along South Carolina beaches.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 23, 20091 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA 13 year old boy drowned in a rip current at Garden City.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 31, 20091 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA rip current was responsible for a Virginia man drowning at Myrtle Beach.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 3, 20101 death · 1 injured · 1 eventBreezy onshore winds resulted in numerous rip currents at South Carolina beaches.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, September 13, 20201 death · 1 injured · 1 eventOnshore winds and increased swell energy from Tropical Cyclone Sally in the northeast Gulf of Mexico helped produce an elevated risk of rip currents along the southeast South Carolina coast.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, June 3, 19971 death · 1 event59 YEAR OLD MALE DROWNED AFTER JUMPING INTO THE WATER TO RESCUE A YOUNG MAN CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT
• Rip Current in South Carolina, September 25, 20041 death · 1 eventStrong rip currents caused by the swells from Hurricane Jeanne resulted in a drowning. Five other people had to be rescued by lifeguards.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, April 15, 20061 death · 1 eventA 14 year old boy drowned due to a rip current near 25th Ave in Myrtle Beach.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 14, 20071 death · 1 eventA rip current caught two people in Myrtle Beach.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 3, 20071 death · 1 eventA rip current occurred at Myrtle Beach.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, May 28, 20071 death · 1 eventA young male drowned as a result of a rip current at Pawleys Island.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, May 23, 20091 death · 1 eventStrong easterly swells contributed to a rip related death.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, May 31, 20101 death · 1 eventModerate onshore winds in combination with long period swell, resulted in a fatal rip current along the South Carolina coast.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, April 27, 20111 death · 1 eventA rip related fatality occurred at Myrtle Beach.
• Rip Current in South Carolina, July 19, 20141 death · 1 eventA rip current pulled a boy out to sea in Myrtle Beach.

Rip Current everywhereEvery kind of event in South Carolina

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.