There are several facilities on the east side of the bypassed portion of the river along the city waterfront. Gasoline, diesel fuel, berthage with electricity, water, ice, provisions, marine supplies, pump-out station and wet and dry storage are available. A 7½-ton lift and hull and engine repairs are available. Another marina is at Belle Isle Garden on the west side of Winyah Bay, about 3.3 miles below Georgetown. Berths, electricity, pump-out station, gasoline, diesel fuel, ice, water, a launching ramp and marine supplies are available. In 2011, the reported approach depth was 4 feet.
Georgetown Coast Guard Station is on the west bank of the Great Pee Dee River about 0.25 mile south of U.S. Route 17 highway bridge.
Navigation:
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Georgetown, 14 miles above the entrance to Winyah Bay, is on the north bank about 1.5 miles above the entrance to Sampit River.
Federal project depth is 27 feet from the sea to South Island Bend; thence 27 feet to Range C; thence 27 feet to Range D; thence the project provides for a depth of 27 feet to the turning basin off the three deepwater terminals on Sampit River. The channel is well marked by lighted ranges, buoys, and other aids. South Island Bend Channel is subject to shoaling and the buoys marking it have been shifted to mark the best water.
An unmarked dredged side channel leads from the main river channel along the easterly and northerly sides of the horseshoe-shaped bypassed portion of Sampit River fronting the city of Georgetown to the north end of another turning basin on the westerly side of the horseshoe. Mariners are advised to exercise caution to avoid submerged pilings along the east side of the channel. The turning basin, marked by lights and buoys, can also be entered from the main river channel. The channel has a tendency to shoal between dredgings.
