Good News! UPDATE: Dredging Underway, Jekyll Creek Problem Stretch, GA AICW Statute Mile 683
This long overdue dredging is very welcome, because the channel through this Problem Stretch seems to shift with each tide and, until the dredging proves otherwise, Cruisers Net still recommends mid to high tide passage.
Below is a link to information about the dredging of Jekyll Creek off Jekyll Island set to begin April 10 (date revised March 11, 2019). Crews will arrive Monday for staging. This has been a long time in the making. Jekyll Creek is one of the most shallow points in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Georgia and has not been dredged since 1998.
Additionally, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be using two new techniques to manage dredge sediments. You can read all about it in the link below. Please don’t hesitate if you have questions. I’m also working on putting a short video together about this with some drone footage showing the locations referenced on the website. I expect to have that available tomorrow for TV stations and anyone else who’d like it.
You can read all about it here: www.coastalGADNR.org/JekyllCreek
Tyler Jones
Communications Specialist
Coastal Resources Division
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Click Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s “AICW Problem Stretches” Listing For Jekyll Creek
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To This AICW Problem Stretch
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Click Here To View the Cruisers Net Georgia Marina Directory Listing For Jekyll Harbor Marina
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Jekyll Harbor Marina
Comments from Cruisers (1)
By now everyone cruising the ICW should know that Jekyll Creek is being dredged.
We came thru there today (May 2/19) near high tide and saw 2 ft MLW near the infamous marker 19. The dredge is at the north end and will be working its way south. Completion is scheduled for June 15. So don’t strike this off your list of Georgia problem stretches yet.
Richard Ross