Best anchorages and harbours in Carolinas and Georgia

Little River Inlet

Inlet anchorage where the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway meets the sea near Calabash, on the North Carolina and South Carolina line.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE

Big Bay Creek, Edisto Beach

Anchorage on Big Bay Creek behind Edisto Beach, South Carolina, beside The Plantation Course golf course and close to the Intracoastal Waterway.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Cumberland island

Anchorage on the back side of Cumberland Island, the southernmost barrier island of Georgia, in the marshes between the island and St Marys. Sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

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

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

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

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

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

Dog Hammock Spit

Anchorage off Dog Hammock Spit on the Sapelo River, coastal Georgia, mud bottom, used as a stop on the Intracoastal Waterway.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

Capers Iland

Anchorage off Capers Island, an undeveloped barrier island north of Isle of Palms in South Carolina, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Anchorage Alligator River marina

Anchorage on the western shore of the Alligator River near the mouth of the river on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, North Carolina, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered W

Anchorage outside St John’s Marina

Anchorage on the Stono River off St Johns Yacht Harbor, near Charleston, South Carolina. Mixed sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered W

Belhaven, North Carolina

Anchorage off the town of Belhaven, North Carolina, on Pantego Creek just off the Pungo River reach of the ICW.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

FishWater

Anchorage on Lake Murray, South Carolina, near the lake's southern shore close to Lexington.

• Sheltered NW, N, SW, S, SE

Forest Sound Marina

Anchorage on the Intracoastal Waterway behind Topsail Island, near Hampstead in North Carolina, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, E, SE, S, NW

Marina anchorage

Anchorage on the Beaufort River near Port Royal, South Carolina, on a mud bottom alongside the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, SE

Port Royal Anchorage

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

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE

Tybee Cut North Of Channel

Anchorage in Tybee Cut, a creek branching north off the Wilmington River near its mouth at Wassaw Sound, Georgia.

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