Best anchorages and harbours in Carolinas and Georgia

Leland Oil Company

Working fuel dock and visitor pontoon on Jeremy Creek in McClellanville, South Carolina, shared with the village shrimp fleet.

Portside Marina

Marina with deep-water berths at Morehead City, North Carolina, on the Intracoastal Waterway near the high-rise bridge.

Southport

Anchorage off Southport, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River where it meets the Intracoastal Waterway, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Cooper River Marina

County-run marina on the west bank of the Cooper River at North Charleston, about two miles north of the Ravenel Bridge.

Palmetto Bay Marina

Full-service marina on Broad Creek, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, with 135 berths for vessels from 15 to 250 feet.

Free Dock no 1

Free public dock on the Hodges Street bulkhead in Raccoon Creek at Oriental, North Carolina, on the ICW at mile 182.

Beaufort Inlet Boatyard

Working boatyard with transient pontoons on Adams Creek at ICW mile 197.5, just south of the Highway 101 bridge in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Bloody point

Anchorage in the North Edisto River, between Kiawah and Seabrook Islands in South Carolina. Mud bottom, sheltered from every direction.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Patriots Point Anchorage

Anchorage off Patriots Point at the mouth of the Cooper River, in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, on a sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Georgetown anchorage

Anchorage on the Sampit River off the ICW at Georgetown, South Carolina, with sand and mud holding and shelter from all directions.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Beaufort SC downtown

Anchorage off downtown Beaufort on the Beaufort River, South Carolina, beside the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway around ICW Mile 536.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Hospital Point

Anchorage on the Elizabeth River at the start of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, between Norfolk and Portsmouth in Virginia, at mile marker 0.2.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

North River anchorage

Anchorage on the North River along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Coinjock in north-eastern North Carolina, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S

Queen Mary Island

All-round sheltered anchorage in Kilkenny Creek off the Bear River, just off the Intracoastal Waterway in coastal Georgia, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Great Bridge Free Dock

Municipal free dock on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Virginia, at ICW Mile 12 of the Virginia Cut route.

Wacca Wache Marina

Marina on the Waccamaw River at Intracoastal Waterway marker 383, near Murrells Inlet in South Carolina, with about 100 berths.

Burbank Point

Marsh anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway in Cumberland Sound, on Georgia's southernmost stretch of coast near St Marys.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Neuse River

Anchorage on the Neuse River off New Bern, North Carolina, where the Neuse meets the Trent River, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW

Big Island

Anchorage near the mouth of the Alligator River on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, coastal North Carolina.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Wrightsville Beach

Anchorage in Banks Channel off Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, between the barrier island and the mainland, on a sand bottom.

Mother Norton Shoal

Anchorage in Winyah Bay, the brackish estuary at Georgetown, South Carolina, where the Waccamaw, Pee Dee, Black and Sampit rivers meet the sea.

• Sheltered NE, W, SW

West Of Fort

Anchorage in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, west of Fort Sumter, with a sand bottom and shelter from SW through SE winds.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Harbourgate Marina

Marina with a fuel berth on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, just beyond the Little River swing bridge.

Great Bridge Free Dock

Free public dock on the Atlantic ICW at statute mile 12, alongside Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways Park in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Free Dock No 2

Free public dock in Raccoon Creek at Oriental, North Carolina, alongside the Oriental Marina fuel berth, on the ICW at mile 182.

R E Mayo Seafood Dock

Working seafood dock and fuel stop on the Intracoastal Waterway at Hobucken, North Carolina, just south of the Hobucken high-rise bridge near ICW marker 21.

City Harbor Anchorage

Anchorage in the Charleston harbour reach near the City Marina, off the Ashley River mouth, in South Carolina.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Cullie Creek

Quiet creek anchorage off the ICW in eastern North Carolina, with a mud bottom and shelter from most directions except the west.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Jekyll Island

Anchorage off Jekyll Island, one of Georgia's Golden Isles, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway near Brunswick.

• Sheltered E, SE

Wright River

Tidal river anchorage on the South Carolina side of the Intracoastal Waterway, near the Georgia border above Savannah.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE