March 15

Lake Murray water levels are at 357.97 (full pool is 360.00) and water clarity varies from muddy to clear. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid- to upper 50s. 

March 15

Lake Wylie is at 97.8% of full pool and water conditions range from muddy to dingy. Morning surface water temperatures are about 61-63 degrees. 

March 15

Lake Keowee is at 97.7% of full pool and water clarity is normalizing. Morning surface water temperatures are now in the low-60s over most of the lake with mid-60s around the power plant. 

March 15

Morning surface water temperatures around Beaufort are about 60 degrees. 

March 14

Lake Monticello morning surface water temperatures range from about 59-63 degrees. The whole lake is stained while the lower end near the power plant area is dirty. Water levels generally fluctuate daily. 

March 14

Lake Russell water levels are up to 476.92 (full pool is 475.00). It’s murky on the upper end and the backs of major creeks are muddy, while the front of creeks and the mid-lake down on the main lake are fairly clear. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 55 degrees on the lower end. 

March 14

Lake Greenwood water levels are at 437.42 (full pool is 440.0) and most of the lake is muddy although the lower end isn’t too bad.  Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid- to upper 50s.   

March 14

Lake Wateree is at 95.0% of full pool and the whole lake remains muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are about 60 degrees.

March 14

Santee Cooper water levels are at 76.11 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.40 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Marion changes color every day and by area but is generally at least stained, while Moultrie has far more color than usual. Morning surface water temperatures are generally in the mid-60s.  

March 14

After spiking to almost 662.5 Lake Hartwell water levels are still very high but back down to 661.55 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity varies.  Surface water temperatures were about 55-56 this morning. 

March 14

Morning surface water temperatures just off Hilton Head are about 61 degrees.

March 14

Morning surface water temperatures are around 59 degrees just out of Murrells Inlet and the water is fairly clear. 

March 14

Morning surface water temperatures are about 60 degrees in Charleston Harbor and the water has gotten very clear again after some dirtier conditions last week. 

March 14

Clarks Hill water levels are still very high but down from yesterday to 331.64 (full pool is 330.00) and water clarity varies around the lake. Morning surface water temperatures are about 60 degrees again today. 

March 13

Morning surface water temperatures on the beach just off Edisto Island are approximately 60 degrees, and there is an incredible amount of freshwater coming into the system. Between that and very high tides inshore waters are usually dirty and at best tannic.    

March 8

Lake Keowee is at 98.5% of full pool and water clarity remains high on the main lake with stain in the backs of creeks – but heavy rains predicted over the weekend will like muddy the backs of major creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are now in the low-60s over most of the lake. 

March 8

Santee Cooper water levels are at 76.23 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.58 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Most of the lake is muddy. Water temperatures have risen several more degrees and afternoon temperatures in the mid- to high-60s are now common. 

March 8

Lake Greenwood water levels are at 437.80 (full pool is 440.0) and the lake is back to muddy.  Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-50s but rising to the 60s in the afternoons. 

March 7

Lake Monticello morning surface water temperatures range from about 56-62 degrees. The 99 end is clear but the lower end is dirty. Water levels generally fluctuate daily. 

March 7

Lake Murray water levels have jumped up to 358.27 (full pool is 360.00) and after yesterday most of the lake is getting dirty. The Little Saluda is cleaner than the Big Saluda, and creeks from one end of the lake to the other are muddy in the backs. Morning surface water temperatures were 58 on the upper end this morning.    

March 7

Lake Russell water levels are at 474.83 (full pool is 475.00) and – as of yesterday afternoon – the lake had cleared significantly. But with the rain that may have already changed. Morning surface water temperatures were as high as 60 degrees, but after the rain plummeted to the mid-50s.