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The creeks, sounds and reaches we work
The radius here is set by water rather than by drive time, and each waterbody behaves differently enough that it is worth its own page.
Depth, marsh width, current, exposure and how built-out a creek already is all change what can be built and what it will cost. A lot on a deep reach with forty feet of marsh in front of it is a completely different project from one behind two hundred feet of spartina on a creek that drains at low water — and the two can be a mile apart.
These pages describe what is distinctive about each, and what it means for a structure.
Docks in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is not one dock market. It is a set of very different waterfronts that happen to share a town line.
Docks on Sullivan's Island
A small island with a strong sense of itself, a protective regulatory posture, and back-island water that is genuinely good.
Docks on Isle of Palms
The Intracoastal side of Isle of Palms is some of the most straightforwardly boat-friendly water in the county.
Docks on Daniel Island
A planned island with real water on several sides, and a review process that usually has more than one layer.
Docks on James Island
James Island has a lot of water and a lot of variety in it, from tight tidal creeks to the Stono.
Docks on Johns Island
Johns Island has some of the best water in the county and some of the longest marsh crossings to reach it.
Docks on Shem Creek
Shem Creek is not a quiet residential creek and should not be approached as one.
Docks in Awendaw
Big marsh, quiet water, long crossings, and a landscape with a lot of protected ground in it.
Not listed here and still on Lowcountry water? The constraints are the same everywhere in the county — critical line, frontage width, neighboring structures and depth — so it is worth a conversation regardless.
Talk through your site
Start with the survey and the critical line. Everything else follows from those two things.