During peak camping dates (basically mid May - early October) don't even think about the possibility of finding a site in one of South Carolina's State Parks anywhere near the ocean over a weekend (and often during the week) that is anywhere near the ocean! We live in Myrtle Beach and from mid May (often earlier than that) through most of October both MB State Park and Huntington Beach SP are booked solid. Edisto SP and Hunting Island SP are similar. Even several of the lake-front SP (like Lake Wateree SP) are booked solid. The same holds true for the SC SPs that are in the mountainous areas from after Labor Day through much of October on every weekend. People can make ressies up to 13 months in advance and many, many do - even if they ultimately change plans and cancel. Few if any sites are saved for "drive up only" as the demand for these sites continues to increase. Having said that, South Carolina is in the process of expanding the number of sites available at several of their most popular CGs. Reports are that Lake Wateree and Huntington Beach are in the early stages of creating a second camping area. (Huntington Beach is restoring the original camping area destroyed by a hurricane in the late 1980's - at least that's what we've been told by State Park Rangers there! Hopefully those expansions won't be held up but a lot of red tape and politics!
