Aerial shot of a beach with distant people cleaning up litter.

Beach Sweep/River Sweep Cleanup Sites

To join a group, find your local area below and contact the Site Captain listed.

If you want to clean an area that is not listed below, please contact Susan Ferris Hill at (843) 953-2092 or Susan.Ferris.Hill@scseagrant.org.

Sites listed North to South along the coast. Cleanups are on Sept. 20 and start at 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted.

Cherry Grove Beach

Cherry Grove Beach
Robin Pendergraft

North Myrtle Beach

North Myrtle Beach and Cherry Grove Marsh
Megan Petit and Jim Grainger

Longs

Waccamaw River
Preston Kelly

Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach Travel Park
Anna Grace Watford

67th Ave. N to 82nd Ave. N.
Mike Williams

15th Ave. N. to 45th Ave. N.
Pat Pierce

Ocean Boulevard between 9th Ave. N. and 12th Ave. N.
Carolyn Ritchie

8th Ave. N. to 2nd Ave. N.
Amanda Sturgeon

Springmaid Pier
Julie Farmer

Myrtle Beach State Park
Ann Malys Wilson

Surfside Beach

Surfside Beach
Brenda Lawhorn

Georgetown County

Murrells Inlet
Stacy Johnson

Huntington Beach State Park
Amber MacLeod

Pawley’s Island beach, creek, marsh, and boat landings
Frank Johnson

DeBordieu Colony
Blanche Brown

East Bay and Morgan Park
Laurie Cipolla

McClellanville

Jeremy Creek
Allie Kreutzer

Dorchester County

Ashley River at Swan Drive
Pam Zanowski

Berkeley County

Daniel Island
Claire Law

30 Boat Landings on Lake Moultrie
Sarah McCarthy Smith

Old Santee Canal Park
Kathy O’Connor

Sullivan’s Island

Sullivan’s Island
Walt Young and Rebekah Claussen

Mt. Pleasant

Land-based cleanup on the Vickery’s side of Shem Creek, Mt. Pleasant dock/ boardwalk area
Claire O’Loughlin and Cody Robinette

Water-based cleanup on Shem Creek
Nature Adventures
Elizabeth Anderegg

Ben Sawyer Causeway
Brian Head

Charleston-Area Creeks, Rivers, and Marshes

Bulls Bay Area/Awendaw – Moores boat landing to Buck Hall boat landing
Brad Kerr

Brittlebank Park
Morgan Foley-Coburn

Waterfront Park
Edward Evans

Wagener Terrace/Halsey Creek
Blake Scott

Gadsden Creek
Merrie Koester

Vardell’s Creek
Cheryl Carmack

Newmarket Creek
Dave Ruef

Marsh area just south of Ashley River bridge on HWY 17S
Pam Ferguson

Marsh area under Harborview Rd. exit, James Island
Hunter Stewart

Fort Lamar Heritage Preserve, James Island
Drew Deardorff

Melton Peter Demetre Park (Sunrise Park), James Island
Taylor Simkins

Marsh area at SCDNR Fort Johnson Campus
Shane Thaxton

Northbridge Park
Darby Reed

Sylvan Shores neighborhood, Stono River and marsh
Rick Johnson

Upper Wando River, Horlbeck Creek north to Paradise boat landing
Brad Kerr

Folly Island/Folly Beach

Folly Island
Kate Chatman

Kiawah Island

Meet at Mingo Point
Bradley Schmoll

Meet at The Sandcastle
Linda Rowe

Edisto Island

Edisto Island
Kristi Outland

Edisto Environmental Learning Center
Morgan Smith
Samantha Foreman

St. Helena Island

Lands End
Honey Wilson

Harbor Island

Harbor Island
Peggy Lucas

Beaufort

Bay Street waterfront trail, downtown
Ashleigh Whitmore

Lemon Island on the Broad River
Buddy Coleman

Bluffton

May River at Oyster Factory Park
Nicole Wright

Hilton Head Island

Driessen Beach Park
Jen Westerfeld

Sea Pines Beach
$9 cash gate fee for non-residents
Mallory Munson

Fripp Island

Fripp Island
Colleen Goff

Daufuskie Island

Daufuskie Island
Cathy Miller