Statute Mile: 502
Lat/Lon:
32 38.302 North/080 20.916 West (anchorage just north of charted 1-foot western offshoot
32 38.454 North/080 20.761 West (anchorage on first northeasterly running portion of creek)
Location: Fishing Creek cuts the Dawho River’s northern shoreline, north-northwest of the ICW’s unlighted daybeacon #132, just southwest of the Dawho River bridge
Depth: 6-feet if you bypass an unmarked and uncharted shoal at the stream’s entrance – FOLLOW LINK TO NAVIGATIONAL DETAIL FOR THIS ANCHORAGE BELOW!
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Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Very good, but marsh grass shores do offer sufficient shelter for especially heavy weather

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South Edisto/ICW Anchorage
Statute Mile: 504.5
Lat/Lon: 32 37.055 North/080 23.314 West
Location: on the waters of the South Edisto just above Watts Cut, in the body of the hairpin turn that swerves back to the west
Minimum Depth: 20+ feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor; fair weather anchorage only

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Statute Mile: 511.5
Lat/Lon: 32 33.733 North/080 24.611 West
Location: off the southwesterly mouth of Alligator Creek (South Edisto River), north of unlighted daybeacon #157
Minimum Depth: 7 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to Poor; wide open to southern, southeastern and southwestern winds

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Lower St. Pierre Creek Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 32 32.334 North/080 21.099 West
Location: St. Pierre Creek makes in to the northeastern banks of South Edisto River well southeast of marker #3; this anchorage is found where St. Pierre Creek begins its first slow swing to the east, and the western and northwestern banks border the high land of Bailey Island
Minimum Depth: 10 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 60 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, somewhat open to southern and eastern winds

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Fishing Creek Anchorage (off St. Pierre Creek)
Lat/Lon: 32 32.210 North/080 20.620 West
Location: St. Pierre Creek makes in to the northeastern banks of South Edisto River well southeast of marker #3; Fishing Creek splits off from St. Pierre Creek at Peters Point; this anchorage is found just downstream of Fishing Creek’s intersection with St. Pierre Creek, where the high ground of Peters Point borders the northeastern banks
Minimum Depth: 7 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 32 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Very good, only strong southeasterly and northwesterly winds should be a problem

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Bailey Creek – St. Pierre Creek Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 32 33.244 North/080 21.327 West
Location: St. Pierre Creek makes in to the northeastern banks of South Edisto River well southeast of marker #3; Bailey Creek branches off from St. Pierre Creek about 1 nautical mile north of Peters Point; this anchorage is found on the section of Bailey Creek which fronts the northern shore of Bailey Island, where chart 11517 indicates a sounding of 11 feet
Minimum Depth: 7 feet
Special Note: there is at least one unmarked shoal to avoid between Bailey Creek’s intersection with St. Pierre Creek, and this anchorage. Use of a GPS chartplotter to help avoid these hazards is strongly recommended
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 35 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Very good, only strong southeasterly and northwesterly winds should be a problem

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Bailey Creek – Store Creek – St. Pierre Creek Lower Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 32 33.068 North/080 19.846 West
Location: St. Pierre Creek makes in to the northeastern banks of South Edisto River well southeast of marker #3; Store Creek branches out to the east from its intersection with St. Pierre and Bailey Creeks; this anchorage is found within the body of the hairpin loop encountered soon after entering the creek
Minimum Depth: 8 to 11 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Very good

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Bailey Creek – Store Creek – St. Pierre Creek Middle Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 32 33.381 North/080 19.782 West
Location: St. Pierre Creek makes in to the northeastern banks of South Edisto River well southeast of marker #3; Store Creek branches out to the east from its intersection with St. Pierre and Bailey Creeks; this anchorage is found as the creek heads back toward the southeast upstream of its first hairpin turn
Minimum Depth: 8 to 17 feet
Special Note: this anchorage lies within close sight of historic Chisolm Plantation House
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent

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Store Creek – St. Pierre Creek Upper Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 32 33.081 North/080 19.008 West
Location: St. Pierre Creek makes in to the northeastern banks of South Edisto River well southeast of marker #3; Store Creek branches out to the east from its intersection with St. Pierre and Bailey Creeks; this anchorage is found northwest of the creek’s third bend, just before the stream heads northeast
Minimum Depth: 8 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, unless fresh winds are blowing from the northwest

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Statute Mile: 513
Lat/Lon: 32 33.403 North/080 26.822 West
Location: Mosquito Creek off of the northeastern banks of the Ashepoo River, some 1.5 nautical miles upstream from the ICW’s track on Ashepoo River; anchorage lies abeam of tiny Musselboro Creek’s southern mouth
Minimum Depth: approach depths of 5 feet at MLW, but be warned that you will have to cruise over a sunken wreck to reach this haven
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 42 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent

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Statute Mile: 513
Lat/Lon: 32 33.083 North/080 28.508 West
Location: anchorage lies 1.5 nautical miles west of the Ashepoo ‘“ Mosquito Creek intersection, just east of the river’s slow, charted bend to the northwest
Minimum Depth: 14+ feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor; fair weather anchorage only

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Statute Mile: 516
Lat/Lon:32 31.730 North/080 28.978 West
Location: on the waters of Rock Creek north, northwest of the intersection with the southeasternmost portion of the Ashepoo Coosaw Cutoff
Minimum Depth: 6 to 11 feet
Special Note: Depths in Rock Creek are radically mischarted on 11518. Grounding can now be expected if you attempt to approach the stream’s first turn to the northeast, where 11518 shows a 22-foot sounding. Be SURE to anchor well south of this northeasterly turn, favoring the eastern banks in order to avoid the correctly charted shallows making out from Rock Creek’s western shoreline. Use of a GPS chartplotter is recommended to avoid unmarked shoals abutting the banks of Rock Creek
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels ranging from 42 to 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent

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