About Lowcountry Coastal Excursions
Lowcountry Coastal Excursions specializes in private boat tours and fishing charters that explore Charleston's extensive network of tidal rivers, creeks, and nearshore waters. Departing from Mount Pleasant, the company focuses on delivering custom experiences rather than cookie-cutter group tours — every trip is private, giving guests full control over the itinerary, pace, and target species or destinations for the day.
Inshore fishing charters target the Charleston area's most sought-after species: redfish tailing across shallow flats, spotted seatrout in the creek mouths, flounder along sandy drop-offs, and sheepshead around dock pilings and bridge structures. Shark fishing trips head to deeper channels where blacktip, bonnethead, and bull sharks patrol the warm-season waters. Beyond fishing, the tour menu includes dolphin-watching cruises through the harbor and surrounding rivers, sunset boat rides past the Battery and Fort Sumter, and shark-tooth fossil-hunting excursions to remote sandbars where Megalodon teeth wash up regularly.
What sets Lowcountry Coastal Excursions apart is the private-charter model — no strangers on your boat, no rigid schedule, and a captain who adjusts the plan on the fly based on tides, weather, and what the group wants to do. The crew's local expertise shines through on fishing trips, where knowledge of seasonal migrations and structure locations translates into consistent catches even for first-time anglers. All tackle, bait, and safety gear are included, and fish-cleaning services are available at the dock.
