North Island Designated Beach Area

Check exact entrance status, parking, tide, weather and location-specific SCDES advisories before departure. Saved source review is not a current safety report.

Exact ordinary entry and payment requirements were not established for every approach. Confirm the chosen route with its manager.

Alcohol: Department rules allow alcoholic beverages for people of lawful age only at designated campsites, facilities, residences or other designated locations. No alcohol designation was established for the North Island public intertidal area.

Fires and grills: Open fires are restricted to Department-designated campsites, subject to posted bans and extinguishing rules. No campsite or fire designation was established within the North Island public intertidal area.

Overnight camping: Primitive camping requires a permit requested at least 2 weeks ahead, only at designated beach-front locations October 16–March 14, maximum 4 consecutive nights. This does not authorize camping anywhere in the public day-use area.

Shore fishing: Enacted Yawkey rule allows boating, fishing and wildlife viewing in or upon navigable waters; this does not establish an unrestricted landward shore-fishing route.

Captain Rod’s Lowcountry Tours lists mainland boarding on the HarborWalk behind the Town Clock/Rice Museum at 701 Front Street, Georgetown. This is a booked boat-service lead. Confirm any North Island destination and landing remains within the designated southern-point public intertidal area; a boarding address does not establish landing rights.