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Southeast, South Carolina

Cooper River SC

Hobby-license dives

Riverbank, tidal Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Shark teethShark teeth

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Plantation landings since the 1690s - the Southeast's relic river

Commercial hobby-license charters built entirely around bottle and fossil recovery (Dive The Cooper; Scuba Diving magazine).

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Blackwater0-10 ft vis, alligators, strong current - dive slack tide

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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