The beach is my favorite place to be, I was literally there today, it was great
Was there any man-made infrastructure like lifeguard posts?
There wasn't it was sort of off the beaten path. Here in FL a "beach" is really just miles of sandy coastline
Interesting. It's like a "wild beach" which is an undeveloped beach.
Totally. I'm glad I don't live on the beach, I live just far enough away to make it enjoyable
Have you ever been to Surfside Beach in South Carolina? It's nicknamed The Family Beach.
I haven't actually, but I have been to The Outer Banks in North Carolina which is another pretty well known one. I love small beach/surf towns
, attracting an estimated 14 million visitors each year. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 27,109, and in 2016 the estimated population was 32,240. The Myrtle Beach metropolitan area had an estimated population in 2016 of 449,495.
History.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Long Bay area was inhabited by the native Waccamaw tribe. The Waccamaw used the river for travel and fished along the shore around Little River. Waties Island, the primary barrier island along Long Bay, has evidence of
Benson, five-time women's world surfing champion, who learned to surf at Moonlight Beach in the late 1950s, says that “Moonlight Beach is not a great longboard wave anymore. It's changed and it's pretty much a shortboard wave now. It really breaks hard and fast now. It wasn't like that. It was a fun beach break”.
Volleyball.
Since the early 1950s, two-man volleyball has been played at Moonlight Beach. Several of the players from the Pro Tour practice