Below, you will discover our COMPLETE listing of South Carolina cruising news/postings from fellow cruisers, arranged in chronological order, based on publication date. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO NARROW YOUR SELECTION of SC cruising news to those messages which pertain to a specific geographic sub-region, locate the RED, vertically stacked menu, on the right side of this, and all Cruisers’ Net pages. Click on “South Carolina.” A drop down menu will appear, with a blue background, Now, click on “SC Regional Cruising News.” A sub-drop-down menu will now appear, listing 11 South Carolina geographic sub-regions. Select your waters of interest, and after clicking on your choice, a list of messages will appear, confined to the sub-region you have picked!
SAFETY/D7 – SC – COOPER RIVER/ATON/SEC CHS BNM 0261-26
COOPER RIVER LIGHTED BUOY 72A (LLNR 3021) IS REPORTED OFFSTATION. ALL MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION. CANCEL AT//191656Z NOV 26//
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SAFETY/INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY – SOUTH CAROLINA – SEVENTH DISTRICT – BEAUFORT RIVER TO ST. SIMONS SOUND/ATON/SEC CHS BNM 0260-26
1. FIELDS CUT LIGHT 47 (LLNR 35860) RPTD MISSING. ALL MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION. CANCEL AT//191350Z NOV 26//
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SAFETY/GEORGIA – SEVENTH DISTRICT – SAVANNAH RIVER AND WASSAW SOUND /ATON/SEC CHS BNM 0259-26
1. BLOODY POINT RANGE FRONT LIGHT (LLNR 4585) IS EXTINGUISHED. ALL MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION. CANCEL AT//190220Z NOV 26//
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BEAUFORT RIVER DAYBEACON 232 (LLNR 35405) IS REPORTED DESTROYED. ALL MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION. CANCEL AT//162232Z NOV 26//
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1. BEAUFORT RIVER DAY BEACON 232 (LLNR 35405) HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING. ALL MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION. CANCEL AT//141530Z NOV 26//
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SAFETY/D7 – SC – ICW – PORT ROYAL SOUND – SKULL CREEK/ATON/SEC CHS BNM 0249-26
SKULL CREEK LIGHT 6 (LLNR 35635) IS REPORTED EXTINGUISHED. ALL MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TRANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION. CANCEL AT//111433Z NOV 26//
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A manatee surfacing for air / Photo by: Erin Weeks/SCDNR
Welcome to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Coastal Updates newsletter! You are receiving this email because you attended one of our public programs or signed up for updates from our agency. In this monthly newsletter, you’ll find the latest outdoors news, volunteer opportunities, useful career information and more. We hope it will help you enjoy and protect our state’s beautiful coastline.
What’s happening outdoors along the coast in November?
The Atlantic red snapper season may be over, but the work is far from done. We ask that anglers continue to declare their bottom-fishing trips and report the red snapper they release via the VESL reporting platform throughout the remainder of October and November. Both in-season and out-of-season data is critical to gaining a complete understanding of the red snapper fishery as a whole, and we need your support in working toward the goal of more state-based management. Help us spread the word to fellow anglers to keep reporting their data! Plus, each week in November, we’ll be providing a few lucky winners with offshore fishing fear from Shimano and Crowder Rods; any angler who logs a bottom-fishing trip and reports their catch in VESL will be eligible to win. Follow us on Instagram for updates!
November is Manatee Awareness Month! With temperatures dropping in the Lowcountry, manatees have begun their migration south. This time is crucial to document any manatee sightings in South Carolina waters; if you see any lingering visitors, share your findings here!
Oyster season in the Lowcountry is well underway, and we want to help YOU enjoy the season sustainably. If you’re hosting an oyster roast this season, let us know a week in advance by calling (843) 396-0965; we’ll help you to roast responsibly and show you how to recycle your shells and support our resilient coastline. Find the closest oyster recycling drop off near you here!
Trash Picking with Charleston Waterkeeper (Charleston, SC) Tuesdays, November 3, 10, 17 and 24, 1–3 p.m. | Volunteer with our SCORE team alongside Charleston Waterkeeper to pick trash out of recycled oysters every Tuesday of the month! Roll up your sleeves and help ready this shell to be replanted in various state shellfish grounds and restoration projects. Register here.
Veterans Day Fishing Clinic (Yemassee, SC) | Wednesday, November 11, 9 a.m.–noon | Join SCDNR biologists and certified fishing instructors for a fun day of fishing at Nemours Plantation! In celebration of Veterans Day, SCDNR — in partnership with Nemours Plantation and the Nemours Wildlife Foundation — is offering a free clinic for veterans and active-duty military members. Please note: One military member or veteran is required; you can show your DD 214, Veteran’s ID, Active Duty Military ID or discharge papers. Registerhere.
SCDNR Saltwater Fishing Clinic (Yemassee, SC) Wednesday, November 11, 1–4 p.m. | In partnership with Nemours Plantation and the Nemours Wildlife Foundation, we’re offering a saltwater fishing clinic for anyone interested in learning how to fish! You’ll learn how to tie knots, rig your rod, how to cast, what bait to use and what fish you can catch. Registerhere.
Kayak Fishing 101 (Myrtle Beach, SC) Wednesday, November 11, 6–8 p.m. | Join us for Kayak Fishing 101, taught by our fishing instructors! This program builds on the introductory class to kayak fishing, and will teach you more about the different types of kayaks, freshwater versus saltwater, safety and more! Kids ages 6 to adults are welcome to attend. Registerhere.
MWR Fabrication with Charleston Waterkeeper (Charleston, SC) Thursday, November 12, 12:30–3:30 p.m. | Volunteer with our SCORE team alongside Charleston Waterkeeper to construct manufactured wire reefs (MWRs)! These MWRs will be used as a substrate for oyster larvae to land and grow on. You’ll cut, bend and fasten galvanized wire to form a reef structure, then add recycled oyster shell to complete the process. Register here.
ACE Basin Property Tour (Edisto Island, SC) | Friday, November 20, 9 a.m.–noon | Join SCDNR staff on a tour of the ACE Basin where we’ll explore the cultural and natural resources found throughout Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area! Register here.
Saltwater Fishing Clinic (Georgetown, SC) | Tuesday, November 24, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Join SCDNR, North Inlet NERR staff and certified instructors to learn the basics of saltwater fishing! You’ll learn how to tie fishing knots, rig a rod and reel, cast and fish! Kids ages 4 to adults are welcome to attend. Registerhere.
Women’s Inshore Saltwater Fishing Clinic (Georgetown, SC) | Tuesday, December 15, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Join SCDNR, North Inlet NERR staff and certified instructors to learn the basics of saltwater fishing! You’ll learn how to tie fishing knots, rig a rod and reel, cast and fish. Women ages 12 to adults are welcome to attend. Register here.
SCDNR Natural Resource Fest (West Columbia, SC) | Friday, January 29, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. | Join the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources for a free, agency-wide career fair designed for middle school students. As students begin exploring their interests and planning for their futures through their personal pathway to success, Natural Resource Fest gives them a firsthand look at the many careers that support and protect South Carolina’s natural resources. Register here by Jan. 1, 2027.
We’re hiring!
Administrative Specialist II| Charleston County, SC | This employee will assist the Boat Titling and Licensing Section with the processing of watercraft and outboard motor transactions and the sale of hunting and fishing licenses.
Vehicle/Equipment Repair Technician II | Charleston County, SC | This employee will work within SCDNR’s Vessel Operations Section at the Marine Resources Division.
Wildlife Biologist II | Hampton County, SC | This employee is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day tasks, training and follow up of staff in completion of management activities and administrative duties in Unit 4-D.
NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management opened applications for the 2027–2029 Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship, and we have an opening for one at the ACE Basin NERR! This two-year program invites graduate students to conduct a collaborative research project on a key reserve management need. Learn more about the fellowship and applyhere!
SCDNR is seeking public input on the proposed ACE Basin NERR Management Plan for 2026–2031. Created in partnership between SCDNR and NOAA, this plan serves as a framework to guide authorizations, approvals, fund and other actions for the ACE Basin NERR over the course of its cycle.Find the survey for public comment, as well as the drafted management plan, here!
SCORE Spotlight
Calling all coastal cooks! As a part of the SCORE/SC Sea Grant Consortium’s Title I schools grant, we will be developing a coastal cookbook highlighting South Carolina’s coastal cuisine. Please be as detailed as possible and include a picture, ingredients, cookware, step-by-step instructions, a fun recipe name and a personal or historic anecdote about your dish. If chosen for inclusion, we’ll share a copy of the cookbook with you! Please send your submissions to score@dnr.sc.gov.
Michael Hodges, SCDNR SCORE’s fearless leader, will be retiring from the program after 24 and a half years of service! Michael’s commitment to grassroots oyster restoration has always centered on fostering a sense of ownership for our natural resources. Under his tenure, SCORE has educated more than 26,500 people about the importance of oysters and salt marsh resiliency and has grown to be the largest state oyster shell recycling and restoration program in the country. Many other agencies, nonprofits and groups have applied what SCORE and Michael have created in South Carolina to their home fisheries.
Harbour Town Yacht Basin, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, is ready for your reservation with newly renovated docks, upgraded electrical service and onSpot WiFi, also a CRUISERS NET SPONSOR. And, as always, numerous activities at the Sea Pines Resort are offered for your enjoyment, as you will see in the Event Schedule below. Hilton Head Island is absolutely marvelous any time of year.
The Coast Guard just made a U-turn, lit up the blue lights and called you on the radio. Here is exactly what happens next.
Capt. Chris Caldwell walks through a Coast Guard boarding step by step, from the first hail to the receipt in your hand.
In this episode of the Southern Boating podcast, training captain and Southern Boating & Yachting contributor Capt. Chris Caldwell breaks down what to expect when the U.S. Coast Guard asks to board your boat.
He covers how the boarding crew approaches, the questions they ask about passengers and firearms, why they open the engine room and lazarette first, and the paperwork and placards they expect to see, including the Navigation Rules handbook for boats 12 meters (39.4 feet) and longer.
He also explains the most common violation he sees (expired flares), why life jackets must carry U.S. Coast Guard approval, what to say and what not to say, and how a simple pre-departure checklist keeps a boarding short and friendly.
00:00 Intro 00:22 Where the Coast Guard can board you 00:55 The wave, the U-turn and the blue lights 01:53 Head count and firearms questions 02:48 Engine room, lazarette and the safety inspection 03:26 The Navigation Rules handbook (39.4 feet and up) 04:06 Pollution placards and the waste plan 04:46 Your documentation number 05:35 The boarding report and the “gold sheet” 06:18 Why they pick your boat 07:18 Big events and holiday weekends 08:10 Is there anything they cannot do? 08:23 The federal requirements booklet 08:54 Life jackets: USCG approval matters 09:43 Dewatering devices 10:20 The most common violation: expired flares 11:06 What to say and what not to say 11:30 A friendly boarding in Charleston Harbor 12:13 Your pre-departure checklist 12:52 Capt. Chris’s background 13:33 “Owning the boat” 13:55 Ask Captain Chris on YouTube
If you haven’t heard the news, Michael Hodges, SCORE’s fearless leader, will be retiring from the program after 24 and a half years of service!
Michaels commitment to grassroots oyster restoration has always centered on fostering a sense of ownership for our natural resources. Under his tenure SCORE has educated more than 26,500 people about the importance of oysters and salt marsh resiliency through outreach efforts. Through boots-on-the-ground work and plenty of sweat equity SCORE has involved almost 67,000 volunteers totaling 144,436 stewardship hours.
Building on the foundation that Nancy Hadley laid starting in 2000, Michael has met challenges with innovation, embraced the power of volunteerism, and through the partnerships and new funding sources has scaled the SCORE program from a small grassroots restoration program to the beast it is today.
Michaels commitment to SC’s oyster resources and love for the salt marsh has aways been contagious. he has mentored many current and former SCDNR staff and left his mark not only at DNR, but on the national living shoreline stage. Today SCORE is the largest state oyster shell recycling and restoration program in the country, and many other agencies, nonprofits, and groups have applied what SCORE and Michael have created in South Carolina to their home fisheries.
Thank you, Michael, for always believing in your people and giving us the freedom to think outside the box. The estuaries will be a little less bestuary without you.
If you’re interested in helping celebrate his retirement, please reach out the score@dnr.sc.gov
New Volunteer Software
Curious on how our new volunteer software works? Watch our quick demo here
SCDNR is proud to introduce our new volunteer management platform, Galaxy Digital!
No need to fill out your volunteer information every time you come out and volunteer with us. Simply create your volunteer account once, and you’ll never have to create another account again.
Galaxy Digital will be your one-stop shop for everything SCDNR volunteer-related. You’ll be able to sign up for individual volunteer opportunities, sign up your team, view your total volunteer hours, and more!
Roast season is here! Please remember to recycle your oyster shell and to roast responsibly.
Roasting responsibly means making sure the oyster shell from your oyster roast ends up in a recycling bin so it can be used to replant South Carolinas oyster beds. This also means recycling only oyster shells and to remove trash before you recycle. Click on the link to find a recycling bin near you!
The SCORE team had a busy summer and couldn’t have done it without the help of volunteer power. This 2026 reef season we completed 11,684 linear feet of shoreline! This accounts for 2.4 acres of oyster reef added to the South Carolina coast. Thanks to 3,500 volunteer field hours in addition to the numerous hours in the fall and spring to make the substrate that we put out in the summer.
Kiawah
The SCORE team along with partners, Sustainability Institute and Conservancy of the Sea Islands, completed our Kiawah Bridge Project! We successfully deployed 800 manufactured wire reef units (MWRs) at four sites encompassing the bridge. The installation of these MWRs accounted for over 2,000 feet of living shorelines! These MWRs will provide the substrate needed for larval oysters to attach to, grow, and provide the amazing ecosystem services we get from having healthy living shorelines. These ecosystem services include but are not limited to habitat, erosion mitigation, and water filtration. It was tough work done well by all stakeholders involved!
AMI
The SCORE team went out to AMI Kids Beaufort and put on an all things crabbing clinic for the boys out there. Staff members went over the life cycle, anatomy, and the rules and regulations surrounding Atlantic blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Staff members then taught them how to catch blue crabs with old fashioned hand lines as well as crab baskets. Several crabs were caught, then the boys were taught how to dispatch, clean, cook, and eat them. It was a great day of fellowship and understanding the resource right there on their campus!
Calling all Costal Cooks
Grand Strand Area:
Oyster shell recycling volunteers are needed! Great news is that Grand Strand restaurants are on board for shell recycling. We are seeking partners and volunteers interested in getting involved.
Please click the link for more information.
As a part of our joint SCORE/ SC SeaGrant Consortium’s Title 1 schools grant we will be developing a costal cookbook highlighting SC coastal cuisine and creating another connection between people and the salt marsh for participating students. Please be as detailed as possible and include a picture, ingredients necessary cookware, step by step instructions, and a fun recipe name. Also feel free to include any personal/family/historical anecdote about your dish. If your dish is included for inclusion, we will be sure to share a copy of the cookbook with you! Please send submissions to score@dnr.sc.gov
Spe-SHELL Announcements
Be on the lookout for Shellby in a Christmas parade around town!
Thanks for sharing this CoastalReview piece. The title sums up something that applies to fishing along the coast more than any gear choice: the water usually tells you what is happening if you watch it. Diving terns and pelicans, nervous bait on the surface, or a slick on an otherwise rippled area are all signs that fish are pushing bait, and noticing them a few minutes earlier than everyone else often makes the difference between a good day and an empty cooler.
For cruisers who fish from the boat while traveling the ICW, tide and current are probably the most useful things to keep an eye on. Moving water around creek mouths, inlet edges and oyster bars tends to concentrate bait, and the last couple of hours of a falling tide can be especially productive. Keeping a simple log of tide stage, water temperature and where fish were found makes those patterns much easier to repeat on the next trip through.
One thing worth adding is that paying attention also means watching the weather, especially with a storm forming in the Gulf right now. Fall fishing can be excellent ahead of a front, but conditions change quickly in open sounds and near inlets. It is worth checking forecasts and having a clear plan for when to head back before the wind builds.
Good morning. It’s been a minute since I had to do one of these on a day other than Friday! The situation I mentioned this past Friday is evolving faster than I expected. A low-pressure area is forming southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande, with thunderstorms clustered around it. It looks like a tropical depression or storm is forming.
The above loop of visible satellite imagery shows an area of low pressure forming over the southwestern Gulf that likely becomes a tropical depression or storm soon.
Image Source: University of Wisconsin RealEarth
The National Hurricane Center gives it a 90% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next two days. It’s safe to say they’re planning to deal with a storm soon. The next name on this year’s list is Isaias.
Will we in South Carolina have a storm to deal with? The confidence level is lower, but probably not. Our computer models suggest this developing storm will drift eastward at first, then turn north and hit the central Gulf Coast. An eastward turn looks likely well after landfall, but probably after passing by to our west.
This plot from PolarWx.com shows the density of tropical cyclone tracks from four computer model ensembles run by NOAA, the ECMWF, Environment Canada, and the United Kingdom Met Office. The plot shows a strong model consensus on the developing storm tracking toward the central Gulf Coast.
However, a stationary front, the one that brought heavy rain to parts of the state this past weekend, sits between us and the developing storm. It will retreat northward in front of the storm and pass through South Carolina over the weekend. A surge of tropical moisture will come with it, so that the front could bring some or all of the state heavy rain and even isolated flooding. Saturday night into Sunday looks to be the time of greatest concern.
The Weather Prediction Center’s Day 5 Excessive Rainfall Outlook graphic for South Carolina shows the flooding risk Saturday and Saturday night.
If the storm takes a substantially more eastward track (odds look low for this, but not zero), we could see a windy period Sunday, with an even greater risk of heavy rainfall, along with a risk of isolated tornadoes and coastal flooding around high tide.
Of course, since the storm hasn’t formed yet, there is a lot of uncertainty. We’ll have to monitor the station closely. Be sure your storm preps are in place and visit hurricane.sc if you need prep advice.
Frank Strait Severe Weather Liaison S.C. State Climate Office
No Imminent Threats, We’ll Watch the Gulf Next Week
Weather Alert – October 2, 2026
No Imminent Threats, We’ll Watch the Gulf Next Week
The Atlantic has returned to inactivity. We have no active tropical cyclones, and it’s unlikely that any will form over the next week. We’ll watch the Gulf for possible development starting later next week.
The above loop of visible satellite imagery above shows features of interest across the North Atlantic and eastern U. S.:
The remnants of Fay well to the southeast of Bermuda.
Tropical waves along 74° west over the Caribbean Sea and along 38° west over the central tropical Atlantic.
A band of clouds stretching from Texas to New England along a cold front.
Disturbed weather over the eastern and central Gulf that will be drawn northward by the approaching cold front.
Image Source: University of Wisconsin RealEarth
The only current feature of interest is the remains of Tropical Storm Fay, about 500 miles southeast of Bermuda, valiantly holding on in its fight to remain dead. The National Hurricane Center gives it a 10 percent chance of resurrection. However, it will remain too far from South Carolina to affect us.
Two tropical waves are passing through the deep tropics, one south of Haiti and the other around 1500 miles east of the Windward Islands. Neither is generating much thunderstorm activity. Dry air and strong vertical wind shear will prevent the waves from developing further as they drift westward.
We’ll continue to watch cold fronts over the next week as they push through the Southeast and become stationary over the Gulf and southwestern Atlantic. Stationary fronts can become tropical cyclone breeding grounds over warm waters, and computer models indicate a low-end risk of a storm developing over the Bay of Campeche or western Gulf later next week or next weekend.
This hurricane season has been the quietest in many years (2014 was the last season with only 8 named storms) and the first in over a century with no hurricanes to date (1914 had no hurricanes; we might go without a hurricane this season). Nevertheless, we have to stay prepped. You know, it only takes one. So stay ready and visit hurricane.sc if you need prep advice.
SC Weather Highlights For the Next Week:
Our current hot spell (and perhaps the last of the year, we can only hope) will end after today, as a cold front moves in this weekend.
It’s great that we’ll cool off and, even better, we’ll see a soaking rain and thunderstorms over the weekend as a tropical air mass now over the Gulf gets pulled in by the front. Well, that’s not so great for outdoor plans you might have and for Saturday football (lightning delays are possible), but it will help with our drought.
The downside is that the heavy rain we’ll see this weekend could cause isolated flash flooding. The Weather Prediction Center’s outlooks have the entire state at level 1 of 4 for flooding rain on Saturday, then level 2 on Sunday into Sunday night. The rain will linger into Monday along the coast and perhaps farther inland; there’s some uncertainty about how long it takes for the front to sag south far enough that even the Lowcountry dries out. In fact, the front may become stationary near our coastal areas, keeping clouds and maybe even a shower or two around into Tuesday and Wednesday, especially in the coastal Lowcountry. Most areas are likely to get 1-2 inches of rain in the coming days, with some areas seeing 3-4 inches locally.
WPC’s Day 3 Excessive Rainfall Outlook graphic for South Carolina shows the entire state in a level 2 of 4 risk area for flooding rain Sunday and Sunday night.
We’re likely to remain dry elsewhere early next week, and across the state later next week, with the next chance of rain next weekend.
We’ll go from today’s summery warmth to early November-like temperatures behind the front. Saturday will be warm again with highs in the 80s, then near 70 in the Upstate to the low 80s in the Lowcountry on Sunday. It will be even cooler early next week; highs will be in the mid-to-upper 70s on Monday, then in the upper 60s and low 70s on Tuesday and Wednesday. Late next week looks a little warmer, but with highs still mainly in the 70s. Expect chilly mornings next week, with lows mainly in the 40s and 50s.
Frank Strait Severe Weather Liaison S.C. State Climate Office
Trash Picking with Charleston Waterkeeper (Charleston, SC) Tuesdays, November 3, 10, 17 and 24, 1–3 p.m. | Volunteer with our SCORE team alongside Charleston Waterkeeper to pick trash out of recycled oysters every Tuesday of the month! Roll up your sleeves and help ready this shell to be replanted in various state shellfish grounds and restoration projects. Register 
Roast season is here! Please remember to recycle your oyster shell and to roast responsibly.
The SCORE team along with partners, Sustainability Institute and Conservancy of the Sea Islands, completed our Kiawah Bridge Project! We successfully deployed 800 manufactured wire reef units (MWRs) at four sites encompassing the bridge. The installation of these MWRs accounted for over 2,000 feet of living shorelines! These MWRs will provide the substrate needed for larval oysters to attach to, grow, and provide the amazing ecosystem services we get from having healthy living shorelines. These ecosystem services include but are not limited to habitat, erosion mitigation, and water filtration. It was tough work done well by all stakeholders involved!
Be on the lookout for Shellby in a Christmas parade around town!
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