If you are a serious seashell hunter who is staying in one of the
popular hotels, you may want to seek other places for your shelling.

For free! Leave the crowded beach area of Myrtle Beach, SC. We often find shells (including starfish, sand dollars and shark's teeth) at Garden City Beach and Surfside Beach areas. Begin your search early in the morning before any vehicles or people are around. And keep in mind that one of the best times to shell is after a big storm.

Myrtle Beach State Park is a good place for your search. The park admission price per person is $4. ages 16+up; $1.50 ages 6-15; free under 5; SC residents 65 and older $2.50. Phone: 843-238-5325. It’s so not heavily populated during the week (it gets crowded on Sat. and Sun.) and it’s a lovely State Park, with or without the seashells. Plenty of restrooms and stand-alone covered shelters for picnicing, a walking trail , convenience store, pier for fishing- and of course the beach.

Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet is another good place to shell hunt. It is also widely recognized as one of the best birding sites along the East Coast as well as home to the historic “Atalaya” castle. $5. ages 16+up; $3.00 ages 6-15; free under 5; SC residents 65 and older $3.25. Phone: 843-235-8755.

Pawleys Island is often uncrowded and we have picked up sand dollars, shark teeth, and some larger shells. Once we sawa family of starfish and watcxhed them as they moived along the beach.

Bull Island is inside the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge is the spot for serious shell hunters. Call for daily schedule and prices. Departs from Moore's Landing off US 17, 75 miles south of Myrtle Beach. Tours are on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, departure at 9 am and 12:30 pm, returning at noon and 4 pm. Many sand dollars and beautiful shells can be found here. (843)881-4582