A marina on the west side of Stono River, just N of the highway bridge, provides berths with electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, pump-out station and wet storage. In 2009, 9 feet was reported alongside.
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Stono Inlet, 10 miles southwestward of Charleston Harbor entrance, is entered over a shifting bar between Folly Island and Kiawah Island. A lighted gong buoy is southward of the entrance. The inlet is subject to continual change and should not be attempted without local knowledge. The entrance buoys are not charted, because they are frequently shifted in position to mark the best water. Local fishermen use the inlet.
Stono River, which joins Stono Inlet from northward, is of little commercial importance except in its upper reach above Elliott Cut, where it forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway. In 2005, the reported controlling depth was 8.5 feet from inside the inlet bar for about 13 miles to a junction with the Intracoastal Waterway at Elliott Cut. Vessels usually enter the river by way of the waterway from Charleston. In the summer, numerous pleasure craft use Stono River and Folly River to reach Folly Beach. The highway bridge about a mile below Elliott Cut has a fixed span with an authorized clearance of 65 feet. An overhead power cable about 0.95 mile below the bridge has a clearance of 91 feet at the center of the river.
