Daufuskie Island, South Carolina Weather
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County.
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About Daufuskie Island, South Carolina
Daufuskie Island breathes a humid, salt-laced air, a place where live oaks, draped in Spanish moss like ancient beards, guard the narrow, sandy roads. It lies 8.2 miles south of Bluffton, SC (from Bluffton, SC: bearing 182°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-west of Hilton Head Island. The landscape here is a low-slung tapestry of salt marsh, dense maritime forest, and the wide, whispering expanse of the Atlantic, its waves a constant murmur against the shore. Sunlight, filtered through the canopy, paints shifting mosaics on the damp earth, and the very quietude of the island seems to hold a deep, patient wisdom. Wild egrets, stark white against the emerald marsh grass, punctuate the stillness with their sudden, graceful flights. Once a hub of Gullah culture and a vital center for indigo and cotton cultivation, Daufuskie Island carries the echoes of its past in its very soil. The abandoned tabby ruins of old plantation homes stand as silent sentinels to a history of both hardship and resilience, while the enduring traditions of the Gullah people, their language and crafts, continue to color the island's unique character. Today, the economy turns on tourism and a quiet appreciation for the island's natural beauty, with golf courses and private residences now dotting the landscape, yet the spirit of Daufuskie Island remains intrinsically tied to the rhythm of the tides and the enduring whispers of its ancestors.
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| Location | Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 32.1181°N, 80.8656°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29915 |
| Area Code | 843 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Daufuskie Island, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Daufuskie Island includes coordinates 32.118100°N, 80.865600°W, situated in Beaufort County. ZIP code 29915. Telephone area code: 843. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
