September 6
Clarks Hill water levels are down to 324.55 (full pool is 330.00) and visibility is high. Surface water temperatures on the lake yesterday were down to about 77 degrees!
September 5
Lake Keowee is back up to 97.7% of full pool and clarity is normal. Water temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s can still be found but they are finally beginning to drop.
September 5
Lake Jocassee is down to 92.4% of full pool and water clarity is high. Morning surface water temperatures on the main lake are about 81 degrees.
September 5
Lake Russell water levels are bouncing around 474.75 (full pool is 475.00) and water clarity is high although the water is already a little brownish as if there may be some early turnover taking place. Morning surface water temperatures down to about 79 degrees.
September 5
Lake Greenwood water levels are down to 438.88 (full pool is 440.0) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 79 degrees.
September 5
Lake Wylie is at 97.2% of full pool and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are around 79 degrees.
September 5
Lake Wateree is at 97.7% of full pool and visibility is returning to normal. Morning surface water temperatures are around 81 degrees.
September 5
Lake Murray water levels are down to 356.63 (full pool is 360.00) and water clarity is very high. Morning surface water temperatures are around 80 degrees.
September 5
Lake Monticello morning surface water temperatures are around 80 degrees and clarity is normal. Water levels generally fluctuate daily.
September 4
Santee Cooper water levels are down to 75.31 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 75.25 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Water temperatures got back to the mid-80s this week.
September 4
Morning surface water temperatures are in the low 80s around Charleston and water clarity is still below normal.
September 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.45 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is high. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 83 degrees.
August 29
Inshore surface water temperature temperatures are down to 82 around Hilton Head but will go back up. Bait is prolific in the rivers.
August 29
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 80-82 degrees. The Edisto River is back to normal levels (actually a bit low for this time of year) and the water color is normalizing. Bait is abundant.
August 29
Morning surface water temperatures have dipped to about 79 at Little River and the water is still very dirty.
August 29
Morning surface water temperatures are in the low 80s around Charleston and the water is still dirty with all the recent freshwater inflow. Even Charleston Harbor still has a brown stain although on the incoming it’s a bit cleaner.
August 29
Santee Cooper water levels are down to 75.48 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 75.25 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Water temperatures are in the low 80s.
August 29
Lake Keowee is at 96.7% of full pool, running lower than normal the past week, and clarity also continues to be very high with the lack of rainfall. With the recent hot weather water temperatures have remained steady this past week with low to mid 80s throughout the lake.
August 28
Morning surface water temperatures are around 83 degrees in Murrells Inlet and water clarity has improved.
August 28
Lake Jocassee is at 96.2% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures on the main lake are down to about 80 degrees.
August 28
Morning surface water temperatures around Beaufort are about 84-85 degrees and the water conditions are getting more normal again. Shrimp are everywhere.
August 28
Morning surface water temperatures dropped into the upper 70s in Debordieu Creek but have now rebounded into the 80s. Water conditions are slowly normalizing and bait is returning to areas it vacated after the storm.
August 28
Lake Russell water levels are around 473.6 (full pool is 475.00) and water clarity is high. Morning surface water temperatures are back to about 82-83 degrees.
August 28
Lake Wylie is at 97.1% of full pool and the lake has cleared significantly. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 82 degrees.