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Beach Etiquette 101: How to Be an Exemplary Friend to Folly
When you’ve lived on the coast all your life, it’s sometimes easy to forget that many of the…
How to Recognize a Rip Current (and Get Out of One)
We’ve all heard the cautionary tales – someone is swimming at the beach, when all of a sudden…
What Lies Beneath a Leatherback Turtle’s Beak
If you spend any of your spare time pursuing social media, you may very well have stumbled across…
6 Ways to Protect Folly Beach’s Biodiversity
As summer stretches on in an dizzying array of sunny days, the number of visitors flocking to Folly’s…
Sunken Boats Present Hazard to Other Boaters, Environment
Just as there are few things better than boating in the lowcountry, there are few things worse than…
Pluff Mud
I’m describing something salt marsh-ubiquitous. You’ve likely smelled it and maybe even stepped in it. Some have even…
Folly’s Dreaming of a (Great) White Christmas
As we head into the holidays, Christmas songs stream over the radio and fill the air. But on…
An Octopus Found Its Way To Folly! Here Are 7 Things To Know About These Eight-Armed Creatures
Folly Beach has always drawn a diverse crowd – it’s part of Her charm. On any given day,…
SeaPak donated $10,000 to save the Morris Island Lighthouse — and you can help, too
Can you imagine looking out beyond Folly’s shores and not seeing the Morris Island Lighthouse? The historic beacon…
Plastic Pollution Threatens Turtle Population
It’s always a treat here in the Lowcountry when you become part of the privileged few who get…