Charleston Harbor 3 (Battery Beach)

Charleston, South Carolina
Managed by Charleston Waterkeeper
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Battery Beach is the City of Charleston's only sand beach and is located near the corner of East Bay Street and Water Street. The waters just off Battery Beach are used by the Carolina Yacht Club for sailing instruction and man overboard drills.

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COVID-19

Keep your distance from other people.

Practicing social distancing is essential right now. Follow the advice of the health experts. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Heading to the beach should only be considered an option if social distancing practices can be followed. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter the efforts to curb the virus’ spread.

For more information, please visit the World Health Organization public resource on COVID-19.

Water Quality
  • Meets water quality standards

  • Current Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on May 27th, 2020. Charleston Waterkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on May 28th, 2020 at 5:40 PM.
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Current Weather
28°C
Clear and sunny
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Monitoring Frequency

Charleston Harbor 3 (Battery Beach) is sampled weekly from May 1st from November 5th.

Source Information

Charleston Waterkeeper’s Recreational Water Quality Monitoring Program regularly tests the “swimmability” of several local tidal creeks and hotspots for activities like swimming, SUPing, kayaking, and sailing. Every Wednesday from May through October samples are collected and analyzed for the amount of Enterococcus bacteria present. 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

Charleston Harbor 3 (Battery Beach)

Charleston, South Carolina
Managed by Charleston Waterkeeper
COVID-19

Keep your distance from other people.

Practicing social distancing is essential right now. Follow the advice of the health experts. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Heading to the beach should only be considered an option if social distancing practices can be followed. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter the efforts to curb the virus’ spread.

For more information, please visit the World Health Organization public resource on COVID-19.

Water Quality
  • Meets water quality standards
  • Current Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on May 27th, 2020. Charleston Waterkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on May 28th, 2020 at 5:40 PM.
For water quality icon legend, click:  
Current Weather
28°C
Clear and sunny
Enjoy regular updates about local water quality? Support Charleston Waterkeeper today!

Battery Beach is the City of Charleston's only sand beach and is located near the corner of East Bay Street and Water Street. The waters just off Battery Beach are used by the Carolina Yacht Club for sailing instruction and man overboard drills.

Get directions to this beach
  • Report Pollution
Monitoring Frequency

Charleston Harbor 3 (Battery Beach) is sampled weekly from May 1st from November 5th.

Source Information

Charleston Waterkeeper’s Recreational Water Quality Monitoring Program regularly tests the “swimmability” of several local tidal creeks and hotspots for activities like swimming, SUPing, kayaking, and sailing. Every Wednesday from May through October samples are collected and analyzed for the amount of Enterococcus bacteria present. 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

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James Island, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
James Island, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
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