Hilton Head has several miles of beaches available to vacationers. It is not a big time surfing area. The waves are small so you don’t see a lot of surfing at all. Usually you will see body boards and the like. Apparently, the beaches are not sharply angled, they are relatively flat which is the reason the waves are not too high.
The beaches that we have been on gave us plenty of room and you could go pretty far into the ocean without the water getting to high. In the mornings you will see runners and people riding bikes on the beach. The lower tide leaves behind a harder packed sand which is really easy to run on.
We stayed at the Holiday Inn on South Forest Beach Drive. The beach was easily accessible. We also had a pool accessible to only those that were staying in the hotel, as well as a bar that was a popular spot in the evenings.
There were also a couple of volleyball nets behind the bar area where you could play if you were so inclined. It appears that you have to get in those spots early, otherwise the nets would be occupied. They were usually occupied just about all day on the days we were there.
We didn’t have to worry about parking since we were guests at the hotel. We were given a pass and never had to worry about finding a parking spot. Attendants made sure that unauthorized vehicles were removed from the parking area.
