The Little Mud River section of the ICW, particularly the section just north of the Waterway’s intersection with Altamaha Sound, is universally considered to be the WORST single stretch of the AICW

April 2011: passed thru with smaller boat than usual (just under 4′ draft) with only 2′ tide. No issue by G195, again splitting it with the range marker showed about 7′ mlw but found some 5′ mlw further up the creek around the bend. Bottom line don’t mess with Little Mud River, if you need more than 4′ make sure you have 1/2 tide!
Captain Pascal

Yep, I draw 3.8 We ran through with 2 feet still remaining before low tide. The start traveling northbound is the worst I was kicking up mud with a flock of seagulls following to grab whatever I kicked up. I would not recommend anyone doing this at low tide. About 2 miles into the river there is a feeder river on the port, that seemed to raise the water level.
Skipper Jeff

We went through the Little Mud River (near mm 656 – North of St. Simons I.) on April 9th. At mid tide we saw 7′ of water between R194 and 192. This would have been 4′ at low tide (it was a 6′ tide). It was only in one spot, but with a 5′ draft I would not have made it through at low tide. The rest of the river had at least 5′ at low tide.
Mitch & Carole Brodkin

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