Does anyone have coordinates they would like to share to front side of Otter Island from Edisto at low tide. I have been over there several times in my kayak and now have a bay boat and would like to fish that area. I know that channel changes quite a bit and I have seen boats go over at low tide with no problem
Thanks in advance Steve H
I do not have the coordinates with me. You are correct on going at low tide. It’s helpful to have a GPS to stay in the chanel. I don’t reccomend going on a low tide close to sunset. If you get stuck and the next high tide is a few hours after sunset…Otter can be a cold dark place to sit for 3-4 hours. I speak from experience 
You have to line up a feature on Edisto Beach with a feature on Otter Island. I can’t recall what they are but I would probably go to Google maps and look for some features that align with the channel.
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Originally posted by OptikerYou have to line up a feature on Edisto Beach with a feature on Otter Island. I can’t recall what they are but I would probably go to Google maps and look for some features that align with the channel.
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Head out of Edisto towards the “A” can…Line yourself up between the water tower on Edisto and the inlet going into otter and you should be good to go…
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Thanks for the advice fellows. Pescazoro, I knew at one point the water tower was used as a gauge, but was thinking the channel has changed since.
I was just through there Saturday. All the way on the St. Helena side it got pretty low. I was kicking up sand for about 100 yards, then it dropped 9-10 ft swiftly. You could see the cut clearly, it’s pretty narrow, maybe 100 yards wide. We did have negative tides and it was close to dead low.
I usually go up the edisto and through the cut. I can cruise 45 that way and it’s a whole lot less stressful than wondering if I am going to get hung up.
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Where exactly is the “A” can that I see people referencing ?
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Striper7,
It is the green buoy shown on your map.
ok, I’m confused, why not just go up through ■■■■■■■cut and come back down, instead of trying to beach your boat by accident?
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Greg, if you kinda draw an imaginary line from the green A can to the creek opening to the upper, left, you will see that the creek opening points almost exactly toward the A can. That’s what we are talking about.
tigerfin, they are talking about getting to Fish creek that is between Pine and Otter islands.
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Thanks…I thought it was the green one but I wasn’t sure. One more question for you experienced Edisto boaters. I’m bringing my 18ft Tidewater Down in August and would like to do a day trip to Beaufort. I’ve looked at charts and I have a GPS so I’m pretty sure I can get there. My question is…when I come out of Big Bay Creek to head up the South Edisto, do I need to hang a left and head down toward that marker, hang a right around it and head up the river to avoid any sandbars when I head out of the creek ? I just don’t want to ruin my vacation !
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Yes. Come out of big bay, stay on the beach side til you get to the marker, then swing up.
You can make an immediate right at about a 45 degree angle, get on plane and run through. There will be about 2’ of water there at low tide. You can putz through there and make a breadcrumb trail for future reference. To be on the safe side though, go to the marker, cut up the river.
Straight out of the creek is a big old sandbar with about 8" of water at low tide.
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Thanks everyone for the info. I appreciate it !
Good advice from MattR for anyone new to Edisto for sure. Once you get your bearings you can cut the corner but only if its high tide.
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Why not go up the back way up fish creek!
I think I got the route. I went from no. 11 can in the sound and went straight for the water tower in Edisto. This was at 9:30 today which was +5.8 in the tide. The lowest I saw was 9.2 and that was on the St. Helena side for maybe 50ft. Most of the trip was 10-12ft. There was a good 1.5ft chop. So at 0 tide you should have 4-7ft in this route. Even with this info at low tide I will still run up the creek to the cut.
Edisto side where I made my cut up river
No. 11 can where I started
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