Ashley River 2 (Brittlebank Park)

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Brittlebank Park is located along the lower Ashley River just above the Charleston Memorial Bridges. Brittlebank Park boasts beautiful views of the Ashley River and a dock for fishing, crabbing, and castnetting. The park is also home to several special events throughout the year including The Patriot Challenge, a charity paddle sport event. The Swim Around Charleston, a 12-mile open water swimming race, passes just off Brittlebank Park's shoreline.

WATER QUALITY

Met water quality standards less than 60% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on October 31st, 2018. Charleston Waterkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at

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SOURCE INFORMATION

Testing results are posted to Swim Guide every Thursday afternoon or as soon as they are available.

The State of South Carolina’s water quality standard for water-based recreational activity is 104 MPN/100 mL. Swimming and other full body contact recreational activity is not recommended in areas where the most recent testing shows Enterococcus bacteria counts of 104 MPN/100 mL or higher.

Sample site locations are color coded in Swim Guide as follows:

A “Green” site = test result of 103 MPN/100 mL or lower.
A “Red” site = test result of 104 MPN/100 mL or higher.
A “Gray” site = no test result

WATER QUALITY GRAPH