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Port Royal Anchorage

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Shelter: NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
Seabed: sand, mud
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage in Battery Creek off the town of Port Royal, between the creek and the Beaufort River in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Pontoon

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Battery Creek branches off the Beaufort River, which carries the main ICW route between Hilton Head Island and Charleston. The creek gives easy access to Beaufort's network of tidal rivers.

Practical

Sand and mud bottom with good holding. Sheltered from the northern and southern quarters; tidal current runs hard, so allow swinging room. Safe Harbor Port Royal Landing lies 1.8 miles north-east; Lady's Island Marina is 3.5 miles north-east.

Ashore

Port Royal keeps a working shrimp-trawler fleet and runs a public boardwalk and observation tower over the salt marsh at the foot of town. Historic Beaufort, with its 18th and 19th-century waterfront houses, lies a short run up the Beaufort River.

Key facts

Type: Anchorage
Coordinates: 32.37636, -80.70498 (32°22.58'N 80°42.30'W)
Country: United States
Shelter: Sheltered from north-west, north, north-east, south-west, south, south-east winds
Seabed: sand, mud
Anchoring: Allowed
Services: Pontoon
Updated: July 7, 2026