It's that time of year again. It 's been a little over seven months since I last documented the sandbar changes at Sullivan's Island, Breach Inlet, and south Isle of Palms. Since we recently had king tides again, I flew the drone at a negative low tide to capture some new images. For those new to seeing this, barrier island sandbars change over time. The sandbars around Breach Inlet are no exception, particularly with all the beach renourishment work that has been going on r

It's been a year since I've documented the sandbars off the south end of Folly Beach. That was October 18th, 2024 during a negative low tide of -0.3'. I went back out on November 5th of this year, again during a negative low tide of -0.3' to capture new aerial images of the sandbars. Below are comparison photos plus many more images from November 5th. The relevance to Charleston Ocean Athletes? Many play around these sandbars in various wind, surf, foil, and paddle sports so

It's that time of year again for an update on the Sullivan's Island sandbars. As we all know, the sandbars change naturally over time but this time it's particularly interesting since there has been a great deal of man-made beach renourishment work going on at both the south end of Isle of Palms and the north end of Sullivan's Island. A massive amount of sand has been pumped in to these spots the last several months from the spoil islands along the ICW nearby. At bottom of th