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Calibogue Sound · the May · Port Royal · the Ashley · Shem Creek
The best of this coast sits behind a creek mouth somewhere, and creeks do not have car parks. Where to put in, who will take you out, and what the tide is doing about it.
Calibogue Sound · Salt Marsh Sailing
Twenty boats run them
What you get out of one depends on the tide as much as the captain. The creeks that hold dolphins at half flood are mud two hours later, and the good trips are booked around that.
Twelve captains
Redfish and trout in the grass inshore, and offshore when the wind allows. Inshore trips are booked around the tide rather than the hour.
Seven guides, twenty-five rentals
The creeks behind Shelter Cove, Pinckney Island and Shem Creek are the ones people come back for. A guide is worth it the first time; the tide runs harder than it looks.
Twelve boats under sail
Out of Charleston Harbour, Calibogue Sound and the Beaufort River, from an eighty-four-foot tall ship down to a private catamaran with the sound to itself.
Six lines, two of them the only way in
Fort Sumter can only be reached by boat and Daufuskie has no bridge, so two of these are transport before they are a tour.
A hundred and three public ramps
Fifty-two of them have a courtesy dock, which is the difference between launching single-handed and needing a second pair of hands. The complete list is further down this page.
Kayaks off Shem Creek, and the only ferry to Bulls Island, where the beach is a boneyard of sun-bleached trees.
A naturalist runs the boat out to Capers Island, which has no houses on it and a driftwood beach.
Eighty-four feet of tall ship. Passengers haul the lines, and on the sunset sail somebody gets the helm.
Working out of Harbour Town since the 1970s: dolphin watches, sunset sails on Calibogue Sound, and the Daufuskie boat.
The island's original outfitter, guiding kayak and paddleboard trips into the creeks behind Pinckney Island.
The Georgia Queen is a paddlewheeler and the river she works carries container ships. Both are worth watching.
Everything else on this page is a shortlist. This is the opposite. Somebody towing a boat at six in the morning wants the nearest landing with trailer parking, and a tasteful eight is no use to them, so here is every public launch between the Ogeechee below Savannah and Wambaw Creek above McClellanville.
May River · Beaufort County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and gravel parking for approximately 18 vehicle/trailers.
Not specified: accessible access or restrooms.
Awendaw Creek · Charleston County · US Forest Service
Wood ramp, 25 parking spaces, dirt surface.
Savannah River · Jasper County · SCDOT
One lane boat ramp and paved parking for approximately 20 vehicle/trailers.
Stono River · Charleston County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and gravel parking.
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and paved parking for approximately 21 vehicle/trailers.
Hoover Creek · Chatham County
One-lane paved ramp, courtesy dock.
Mosquito Creek · Colleton County
Two lane boat ramp and dirt parking for approximately 20 vehicle/trailers.
Euhaw Creek · Jasper County · Marshall Field
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, fishing pier and dirt parking for approximately 25 vehicle/trailer…
Brickyard Creek · Beaufort County
One lane boat ramp and limited grass parking area.
Ashepoo River · Colleton County · SCDOT
One lane boat ramp and limited gravel parking.
Broad Creek · Beaufort County
Gravel boat ramp and gravel parking for approximately 20 vehicle/trailers.
Broad River · Beaufort County
Two lane boat ramp and paved parking for approx. 85 vehicle/trailers.
Intracoastal Waterway · Charleston County · US Forest Service
Three lane boat ramp, two courtesy docks, picnic area and paved parking.
Mackay Creek · Beaufort County
Rantowles Creek · Charleston County
Boat ramp and paved parking.
Wards Creek · Beaufort County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, and gravel parking for approximately 60 vehicle/trailers.
Capers Creek · Beaufort County
One-lane gravel ramp, limited parking, grass surface.
Bohicket Creek · Charleston County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, fishing pier with gravel parking.
Chessie Creek · Colleton County
One lane boat ramp and limited parking.
Ashley River · Charleston County · City of Charleston
100+ parking spaces for vehicles, paved surface.
Little Ogeechee River · Chatham County · DNR
Hoist, courtesy dock. Restrooms. Fee.
Edisto River · Colleton County · South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Restrooms.
Not specified: accessible access.
New River · Jasper County
One lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, fishing pier and limited dirt parking.
Coosawhatchie River · Jasper County
One lane boat ramp and paved/grass parking for approximately 20 vehicle/trailers.
Cuckholds Creek · Colleton County
One lane boat ramp and limited dirt parking.
Dawhoo Creek · Charleston County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, fishing pier and paved parking for approximately 34 vehicle/traile…
One lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and limited parking.
Jenkins Creek · Beaufort County
Two lane boat ramp with floating courtesy dock and paved parking for approximately 9 vehicle/trailers…
Chechessee River · Beaufort County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and paved parking for approximately 64 vehicle/trailers.
Wilmington River · Chatham County · DNR
Two-lane paved ramp. Restrooms.
Combahee River · Colleton County
Folly River · Charleston County
Four lane boat ramp, two courtesy docks and paved parking for approximately 57 vehicle/trailers.
Savannah River · Chatham County · DNR
One-lane paved ramp. Fee.
Beaufort River · Beaufort County · City of Beaufort
One lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and paved parking area.
Intracoastal Waterway · Charleston County · Cape Romain Nat WLR
Two lane boat ramp, fishing pier and paved parking.
Edisto River · Colleton County
Whale Branch · Beaufort County
*Also known locally as Whale Branch boat landing.
Colleton River · Beaufort County · SC State Ports Authority
Shem Creek · Charleston County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and paved parking for approximately 30 vehicle/trailers.
Wambaw Creek · Charleston County
Savannah River · Chatham County · DNR-CRD
Four-lane paved ramp, courtesy dock. Restrooms.
Four lane boat ramp,courtesy dock, fishing pier and gravel parking.
Ogeechee River · Chatham County · DNR-CRD
Lake Mayer · Chatham County
Lazaretto Creek · Chatham County · DNR-CRD
Two-lane paved ramp, courtesy dock.
Big Bay Creek · Colleton County · SCPRT
Two-lane concrete ramp, courtesy dock, 10 parking spaces, gravel surface.
Louis Scott Stell Lake · Chatham County
Edisto River · Charleston County
Two lane boat ramp and limited parking.
Jeremy Creek · Charleston County · City of McClellanville
Two-lane concrete ramp, courtesy dock, 10 parking spaces for vehicles with trailers, paved surface.
Savannah River · Jasper County · Town of Hardeeville
One lane boat ramp and paved parking for approximately 8 vehicle/trailers.
Accessible access. Restrooms.
Chehaw River · Colleton County
One lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, and limited parking.
Huspah Creek · Beaufort County
Two lane concrete boat ramp with courtesy dock and limited gravel parking.
Wando River · Charleston County
One-lane concrete ramp, 10 to 15 parking spaces, gravel surface.
Battery Creek · Beaufort County · US Marine Corp
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and gravel parking for approximately 45 vehicle/trailers.
Cowen Creek · Beaufort County
Penny Creek · Charleston County
Ashley River · Charleston County · SCDOT
One lane boat ramp and paved parking.
One lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and gravel parking for approximately. 14 vehicle/trailers.
Intracoastal Waterway · Charleston County
Port Royal Sound · Beaufort County
Three lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and paved parking for approximately 34 vehicle/trailers.
Horseshoe Creek · Colleton County
One lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and limited dirt parking.
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and limited parking.
*Public boat dock and limited parking. No boat ramp.
Cooper River · Charleston County · City of North Charleston
One lane boat ramp and gravel parking.
Three lane boat ramp, 2 courtesy docks, fishing pier and paved parking for 45 vehicle/trailers.
Elliot Cut · Charleston County
Toogoodoo Creek · Charleston County · Town of Meggett
Salt Creek · Chatham County · DNR-CRD
One-lane paved ramp. Restrooms.
Lucy Point Creek · Beaufort County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and limited gravel parking.
Ocella Creek · Charleston County · South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Skidaway River (ICW) · Chatham County · DNR-CRD
Unnamed Tidal Creek · Charleston County · Town of Sullivan's Island
Gravel ramp. Limited, tide dependent. Gravel surface.
Station Creek · Beaufort County
Three lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and paved parking for approximately 20 vehicle/trailers.
North Edisto River · Charleston County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, fishing pier and gravel parking.
Combahee River · Beaufort County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and gravel parking for approximately 14 vehicle/trailers.
Wambaw Creek · Charleston County · US Forest Service
Unimproved boat ramp with limited parking.
One lane boat ramp with grassed parking.
Charleston Harbor · Charleston County · City of Charleston
Dirt parking. Restrooms.
Wilmington River · Chatham County · DNR-CRD
One-lane paved ramp, courtesy dock. Restrooms.
Toogoodoo Creek · Charleston County
Wright River · Jasper County
One lane unimproved boat ramp and limited dirt parking.
Turner Creek · Chatham County · DNR-CRD
Boyd Creek · Jasper County
Tybee Creek · Chatham County · DNR-CRD
Paved ramp.
Not specified: restrooms.
Ashley River · Charleston County
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, fishing pier and paved parking for approximately 50 vehicle/traile…
Haigh Creek · Beaufort County
One lane boat ramp with a floating courtesy dock and limited parking.
Wappoo Creek · Charleston County
Three lane boat ramp, 2 courtesy docks and paved parking for approximately 56 vehicle/trialers.
May River · Beaufort County · Town of Bluffton
This is a single lane boat ramp with no courtesy dock. There is a grassed parking area for approxim…
Two lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and dirt parking for approximately 15 vehicle/trailers.
Factory Creek · Beaufort County
Four lane boat ramp, courtesy dock and paved parking for approximately 16 vehicle/trailers.
One lane boat Ramp and limited parking.
North Winbee Creek · Beaufort County
One lane boat ramp with floating courtesy dock, fishing pier and gravel parking.
Euhaw Creek · Jasper County
Accessible access.
Breach Inlet · Charleston County
Cooper River · Charleston County
15 parking spaces with room for trailers, dirt surface.
Sol Legare Creek · Charleston County
New River · Beaufort County
Pond · Charleston County
Atlantic Ocean · Charleston County · Charleston County Parks
Concrete ramp, pay parking available, gravel surface. Accessible access. Restrooms.
Beaufort River · Beaufort County
Wood ramp, 8 parking spaces, gravel surface. Accessible access.
There's a parking lot a short distance from the pier, ( approx 1/4 mile). Paved surface. Accessible access.
Broad River · Jasper County
Wood ramp, 20 parking spaces, dirt surface. Accessible access.
Charleston Harbor · Charleston County
Concrete ramp. Available at Mt. Pleasant Waterfront Park. Paved surface. Accessible access. Restrooms.
Old House Creek · Beaufort County
Wampacheone Creek · Charleston County
Santee River · Charleston County
20 parking spaces, gravel surface.
Steamboat Creek · Charleston County
Atlantic Ocean · Charleston County · State of South Carolina
30 parking spaces, dirt surface.
Edisto River · Colleton County · SCPRT
15 parking spaces. Restrooms.
20 parking spaces.
Atlantic Ocean, Lighthouse Inlet · Charleston County · Charleston County PRC
Paid ($1) and unpaid (wheels must be fully off paved surface). Parking is limited. Dirt surface.
Nebo Ponds · Charleston County · USFWS
30 parking spaces. Restrooms.
Old Georgetown Pond · Charleston County · USFS
5 parking spaces.
Newell Creek · Chatham County · DNR
Twin Ponds · Charleston County
Twin Ponds · Charleston County · USFS
Willow Lake · Charleston County · USFS
Sources: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources · Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division · distances are straight-line, and the road to a landing up a creek is often several times longer · neither agency guarantees a landing is open on the day
Three miles of sand, a pier and a pavilion, with the dunes and the lighthouse at North Beach.
Nearly three miles of undeveloped strand facing Tybee's light. Often nobody else's footprints.
The island's busiest public beach: swinging benches, a fountain, boardwalk access.
The locals' mid-island beach, and the island's best bodysurfing swell.
A long boardwalk over the dunes to a wide family beach on the east side.
Mid-island access beside the Chaplin wetlands. Egrets in the lagoons at sunrise.
Quiet sand near Port Royal Sound, with picnic shelters and a playground.
Boardwalk to a wild Port Royal Sound beach beside Mitchelville. Horseshoe crabs, few people.
South Carolina's most-visited state park: beach, lagoon and maritime forest on one island.
Shell-strewn sand and maritime forest, with some of the largest shell middens on the coast.
A boneyard beach of sun-bleached trees beside old plantation ruins.
The only public way onto Kiawah's ten miles of hard-packed sand.
Charleston's surf town, with the pier and the Morris Island light at the east end.
Wide, quiet sand beside Fort Moultrie, reached through maritime-forest paths.
A Lowcountry tide runs about six hours each way, and how far it moves depends on where you are. The May River swings eight feet between high and low; the Ashley barely five. A creek that floats a boat at half tide is mud at the bottom of it, and the ramp you launched from can be a gravel slope ending in nothing when you come back. Read the station nearest the ramp, not the one nearest the house.
The state agencies record accessible access on 18 of the 103 ramps and restrooms on 27. The rest are blank. Blank means unrecorded, and this page will never print it as a no, because the person most affected by that distinction is the one least able to absorb a wasted drive. If you need either, ring the county office that owns the landing before you set off.
Both states sell saltwater fishing licences online, by the day or by the year, and both make exceptions: a charter captain’s licence normally covers everyone aboard, and some public piers are licensed so the anglers on them are not. The rules move, so buy from SCDNR or Georgia DNR directly and read what the licence you bought actually covers.
Marked zones around marinas, landings and moored boats are enforceable in both states, and the wake you leave is yours whatever the sign says. Bottlenose dolphins here strand-feed, driving bait up onto a mud bank and going after it; a wake arriving at the wrong second washes them off the bank.
Rig the boat in the parking area, not on the ramp, and take the tie-downs off before you back down. Two in five ramps on this coast are single-lane, so whatever you do next, the queue behind you is watching. If you have never done it, pick one of the 52 with a courtesy dock: you can tie the boat up and go and park the truck like a normal person.