estuary

By Capt. Weatherly One of the first things a summer visitor to our island home notices (besides stepping into the permanent sauna of summer of course) is the smell.  Salty, fresh, damp, and if you’re near the marsh perhaps a hint of rotten egg.  Some find it off-putting; I think it smells like home! The…

By Capt. Weatherly What is an estuary?  This is one of my favorite questions to hear on the boat, and what started me down the path of ecotourism in the Charleston area.  At its most basic, an estuary is an area where freshwater rivers meet the ocean, resulting in fresh/salt water mixing.  There are four…