Sullivan's Island, South Carolina Weather
Sullivan's 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 Sullivan's Island, Charleston County.
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About Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Sullivan's Island rests in the embrace of the Atlantic, a sliver of land where the air carries the perpetual scent of salt and pine. It lies 2.6 miles south-east of Mount Pleasant, SC (from Mount Pleasant, SC: bearing 145°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east of Charleston. Its landscape is a gentle undulation of dunes, softened by sea oats that whisper secrets to the wind, their roots anchoring the shifting sands against the insistent tide. Wide, sandy beaches stretch out, inviting the slow drift of driftwood and the sharp, bright flash of shorebirds. The houses here, often raised on stilts to weather the occasional tempest, are painted in hues that echo the sea and sky – faded blues, sun-bleached whites, and soft, sandy grays – their porches open to the humid breeze that rustles through the broad leaves of palmettos. Evenings bring a particular magic, as the setting sun bleeds saffron and rose across the horizon, painting the wet sand with fleeting, luminous strokes, and the distant cry of a gull hangs in the deepening twilight. This barrier island, a sentinel at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, has long been a point of strategic importance, its history etched in the formidable stone walls of Fort Moultrie, a silent witness to revolutions and civil wars. For generations, the island’s economy was tethered to the sea, from fishing fleets that once dotted the waters to the maritime trade that flowed through the nearby port. Today, Sullivan's Island retains a quiet charm, its lifeblood now flowing through a more leisurely current, a place where residents gather at the small, locally-owned shops and restaurants that line the main street, their conversations punctuated by the rhythmic sigh of the surf. The island’s character is one of resilient beauty, a blend of its military past and its present as a cherished residential enclave, a place where the echoes of history mingle with the everyday rhythm of life lived by the ocean.
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| Location | Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 32.763232°N, 79.836751°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29482 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sullivan's Island, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sullivan's 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 Sullivan's Island includes coordinates 32.763232°N, 79.836751°W, situated in Charleston County. ZIP code 29482. Telephone area code: 864. 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.
