Brighton Beach, a small town about 3 miles downriver from Bluffton, has two small-boat launching ramps.
Navigation:
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May River, which empties into Calibogue Sound from westward about 6 miles above the entrance, is the approach to the town of Bluffton, 7 miles above the mouth. The reported controlling depth in the river to Bluffton was 6.0 feet in 2004. The river is marked by daybeacons as far as Bluffton.
The overhead power cable near Buck Point has a clearance of 35 feet over the narrow northern channel and 68 feet over the southern channel. The clearances for the power cable west of Bluffton are 53 feet over the northern channel and 48 feet over the southern.
Passage is sometimes made from May River to Cooper River by way of unmarked Bull Creek. The tides meet in BullCreek, forming flats. In 1999-2004, the creek had a reported controlling depth of about 6 feet to the junction of Savage Creek, thence the reported depth was 1 foot to a junction with May River.
