June 8

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.76 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 75.55 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Water clarity is normal and morning surface water temperatures are up to about 76 degrees.  

June 1

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.86 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 75.55 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Water clarity is normal and morning surface water temperatures are only about 74 degrees.   

May 26

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.80 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and hovering around 75.55 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Water clarity is normal and morning surface water temperatures are only about 74 degrees.   

May 11

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 76.23 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.9 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Water clarity is still decent even as muddy water arrives from the Midlands. Morning surface water temperatures have gotten back to about 70 degrees. 

May 4

Santee Cooper water levels are down to 75.98 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.21 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). The lake is still relatively clear even as muddy water makes its way down from the Midlands. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped into the upper 60s. 

April 21

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 76.07 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.55 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). While muddy water continues to pour into the upper lake, by the time it reaches the lower lake is has usually settled out and Moultrie is pretty clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 70. 

April 11

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 75.76 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.5 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5) and dirty water is coming into the system. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped into the lower 60s. 

March 30

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 75.69 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.17 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 64 degrees. 

March 16

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.26 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.74 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5) and both lakes are still dingy although clarity has improved. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 59 degrees. 

March 8

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.31 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and around 75 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5) and both lakes are still pretty dirty. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 60s. 

February 24

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.40 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.82 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5) and both lakes are muddy. Water temperatures are in the 60s.

February 15

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.05 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.76 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5) and the lakes are dingy. 

February 2

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.05 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.03 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Much of the lake is muddy and morning surface water temperatures are in the lower 50s. 

January 26

Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.29 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.36 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Parts of the lake are muddy and morning surface water temperatures are in the lower 50s. 

January 19

Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.80 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.58 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). The lower lake is now muddy as all the dirty water moves through the system. Morning surface water temperatures are about 53 degrees. 

January 13

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 75.47 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.44 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). The upper lake is getting muddy and water temperatures are in the lower 50s. 

January 6

Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.15 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.44 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). For now the lower lake is still mostly clear but muddy water is headed towards the system. Morning surface water temperatures are around 53 degrees. 

December 22

Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.50 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.16 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are in the low 50s.

December 15

Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.60 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.65 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid- to upper 50s.