When will the power be back in Myrtle Beach, SC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Myrtle Beach is a city of about 40,535 residents in Horry County.
Santee Cooper has reported outages for Myrtle Beach by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Myrtle Beach is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Myrtle Beach:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Myrtle Beach: the closest other places we track are Conway, about 13 miles to the northwest; North Myrtle Beach, about 13 miles to the northeast; Leland, NC, about 59 miles to the northeast; and Florence, about 61 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Lumberton, NC (64 mi N); Wilmington, NC (67 mi NE); Moncks Corner (75 mi SW); Laurinburg, NC (80 mi NW); Mount Pleasant (80 mi SW); Goose Creek (81 mi SW); Hanahan (84 mi SW); and Hope Mills, NC (87 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fayetteville, NC (95 mi); northeast toward Jacksonville, NC (111 mi); southwest toward Charleston (88 mi); west toward Sumter (88 mi); and northwest toward Monroe, NC (131 mi).
Who serves Myrtle Beach?
We track live outage data from Santee Cooper ↗, Horry Electric Cooperative ↗ and Duke Energy Carolinas in Horry County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Myrtle Beach's last tracked outage began Sep 22, peaked at 700 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 22 — 700 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 18 — 70 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 14 — 504 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Horry County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Horry County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Myrtle Beach, SC?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Myrtle Beach's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Myrtle Beach, SC?
To check your own street, search a Myrtle Beach ZIP code — 29572, 29575, 29577, 29578, 29579, 29587 or any of the other 1 — and the map opens on that area.
