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Five Fathom Creek–South

Location: McClellanville
Mile Marker: Mile 430
Lat / Lon: N 33° 04.083' / W 079° 28.033'
Depth: 4-10 Feet
Description:
Leave the ICW at green daybeacon 25 and proceed south about 0.50 mile on Town Creek. When you get to Five Fathom Creek turn 120 degree to port (north) and go up Five Fathom a hundred yards or more to anchor in 15 feet. This gets you out of the main channel and is a wonderful anchorage. There are many lost crab pots and lines on the bottom. Use an anchor retrieving line, have a wire cutter ready as some lines are steel.

3.25

(4)

3.25 out of 5 stars

Holding:

4.33

Excellent, Sand

Wind Protection:

1.67

Exposed Northeast, Southwest and Wakes

Current Flow:

2.67

Wake Protection:

2.67

Exposed Northeast, Southwest and Wakes

Scenic Beauty:

4.00

Ease of Shopping:

1.00

Shore Access:

1.00

Pet Friendly:

1.00

Cell Service:

4.00

WiFi:

1.00

Review for Five Fathom Creek–South

Reviewed by: John Hambrick on May 16, 2023
LOA: 31'
Draft: 4.5'

Overall Rating:

3

Holding:

4

Wind Protection:

1

Current Flow:

3

Wake Protection:

3

Scenic Beauty:

3

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

1

Pet Friendly:

1

Cell Service:

3

WiFi:

1

We anchored behind G17 in 12' at low tide, 1 anchor. E 18 kts dropping to 12 kts then calm after midnight. Good holding in mud. well away from the 3 shrimp boats that pased, moderate wake.

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Review for Five Fathom Creek–South

Reviewed by: Graeme Walker, Confirmed Aquaholic, on May 3, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 54'
Draft: 4.0'

Overall Rating:

3

Holding:

4

Wind Protection:

1

Current Flow:

2

Wake Protection:

1

Scenic Beauty:

4

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

1

Pet Friendly:

1

No room in McClellanville. Easy in/out at G25. We tried to anchor upstream in Five Fathom Creek but we found it too narrow for us, not enough swing room for rode we put out. We ended up right in the middle of the fork. Shrimp boats got by easily in the evening and morning, waked us at 05:00. Exposed to all winds but quiet. There were comments about using a trip line due to traps/wire in water, didn't find that, anchor came up clean.

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Review for Five Fathom Creek–South

Reviewed by: George Hefner, TwoFish, on May 16, 2022
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 5.0'

Overall Rating:

3

At low tide entrance is less than 4'.

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Review for Five Fathom Creek–South

Reviewed by: Jim Zeigler on May 15, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.5'

Overall Rating:

4

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

3

Current Flow:

3

Wake Protection:

4

Scenic Beauty:

5

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

1

Pet Friendly:

1

Cell Service:

5

WiFi:

1

We anchored in Five Fathom creek north of marker “20” past the charted location of the submerged wreck. We arrived at low tide and found plenty of water, but a sailboat leaving the next day at high tide seemed to find a shoal in Town Creek. The channel is narrow, but has deep water close to the banks. The current and wind may be in opposition, so you way sit sideways to the wind for a while. Set an anchor alarm and enjoy the birds. Five Fathom Creek connects to the ocean from the ICW, so “Red, Right, Return” applies . The green daymarks entering the creek from the ICW can be confusing. There are three green daymarks close together - 37, 35A and 25. Only day mark 25 represents Town Creek channel - the others are ICW ATON. Since you are turning into a channel that goes to sea, green daymark “25” should be left to starboard as you proceed down Town Creek to Five Fathom Creek.

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