Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Bluffton, SC

Bluffton is a town in Beaufort County, SC. Its history includes being a hub for those supporting the separatist sentiment during the Antebellum era, and a protest in 1844 called the Bluffton Movement led the state to be the first to seceede from the Union. During the Civil War, more than half of the town was destroyed by fire, and the rebuilding came slowly over the next decade. Now, the town has become a tourist destination due to its location between Hilton Head and Savannah. It is also home to many historical houses, art galleries, higher education institutions and shopping areas.

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Brighton Beach, a small town about 3 miles downriver from Bluffton, has two small-boat launching ramps.
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Click the “Map View” button above to see a chart of this harbor.
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.