Situated between Highway 17 Business and the Atlantic Ocean, The Town of Surfside Beach is located just south of the Myrtle Beach city limits in Horry County. With its two miles of coastline, the area embodies a variety of vacation homes, condos, multi-unit dwellings, and single-family, residential homes. Being an incorporated town, Surfside Beach offers police and fire protection, public works, a library, public parks, a town hall, beach service, a fishing pier and other such amenities to its residents and visitors. The zip code for the Town of Surfside is 29575.
There is a large unincorporated area in the Surfside Beach zip code including areas west of Highway 17 Business and east of Highway 17 Bypass, adjacent to Surfside Beach (from Highway 544 to south to Melody Lane), but these are not considered the Town of Surfside. Unincorporated areas of Surfside offer a wide array of housing options including condos, townhomes, many single-family residential communities, and golf communities.
Assigned Horry County Schools in Surfside Beach include Seaside Elementary, St. James Middle, and St. James High.