March 27

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.97 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.40 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 61 degrees and the lower lake is relatively clear while the upper lake remains stained to muddy in places. 

March 20

Santee Cooper water levels are at 76.16 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.34 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 61 degrees and the lower lake is clear while the upper lake is stained to muddy in places. 

March 13

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 75.70 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 75.1 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures range from about 56-58 degrees and the lower lake is clear while the upper lake is stained to muddy in places. 

March 5

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 75.59 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.31 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 55 in the shallows and 53 in the canal.  The upper lake is a little muddy in places while there is about 4 feet of visibility in the lower lake. 

February 27

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 75.52 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.00 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-50s and the upper lake is muddy while, for now, the lower lake is clear. 

February 19

Santee Cooper water levels are up to 75.34 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and have dropped to 73.82 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 53 degrees, and muddy water is now making its way to the lower lake while the upper lake is already very dirty. 

February 13

Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.65 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.52 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 50 degrees, and the water is still very clear for Santee.

February 6

Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.44 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.25 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are in the low to mid-50s and heating up fast, and the water is very clear for Santee with 3-4 feet of visibility even in much of Lake Marion. 

January 29

Santee Cooper water levels are at 73.89 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.85 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 46 degrees in the lower lake but range from 40-46 in the upper lake. Overall the lakes are a bit dingier than normal for this time of year. 

January 15

Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.67 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.26 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 50 degrees in the big water but can be as low as 41 in the backs. Overall the lakes are pretty clear. 

January 3

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.01 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.27 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 50 degrees and the lower lake is fairly clear while the upper lake has more color.  

December 19

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.01 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.55 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures have rebounded to about 55 degrees and the lakes generally have a light stain. 

December 11

Santee Cooper water levels are down to 74.65 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.46 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 53-56 degrees and the lakes generally have a light stain. 

December 4

Santee Cooper water levels are down to 74.80 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.37 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 58 degrees and the lakes have cleared substantially but still have some color in places. 

November 20

Santee Cooper water levels are down to 75.44 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 75.1 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are still about 65-67 degrees and the lakes have cleared substantially. Marion is now “normal” color.

November 13

Santee Cooper water levels are down to 75.59 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 75.25 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are still about 68-70 degrees and the lakes are still dirty but the upper end is clearing first. 

October 30

Santee Cooper water levels are down to 74.85 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 74.70 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 68-70 degrees and the lakes are still dirty to muddy – with the upper lake starting to clear first. 

October 16

Santee Cooper water levels are down to 75.20 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 75.1 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 70 degrees and the lakes are still dirty to muddy. 

October 9

Santee Cooper water levels are at 76.09 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.44 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are about 78 degrees and most of the lakes are now very muddy. 

October 1

Santee Cooper water levels are about down several feet in both lakes although the very upper end of Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) is just starting to fill back up. Lake Moultrie is still extremely low at 70.75 (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are still about 80 degrees and the lake is about to get extremely dirty. 

September 26

Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.15 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 74.65 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 80 degrees and clarity was high before the storm.  

September 19

Santee Cooper water levels are down to 74.95 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and bouncing around 74.80 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Morning surface water temperatures are around 80 degrees.

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.