What's the wisdom on Hunting Island? I'll be in Hilton Head for a week, so I'm looking for someplace buggyable nearby. I've seen Hunting Island mentioned a little here, but it's been a while. Advice?

Dave

Best I remember it is a narrow beach at high tide. Don't remember it getting big at low tide. I was only there once but maybe this will help a bit. You might get room to static fly up at the northern end of the island.

Wait for Phreerider to chime in or send him a U2U. He lives and kites (a lot!) in Hilton Head and is very familiar with the area.
m

don't know that spot too well its a small space as i remember and public so alot targets most likely. unless u are on the water. better off going to jekyll. all day rides there. i may make the trip there next good tide cycle.

crowds here are peaking on HHI, never seen it so crowded in 20 years. 23 mile bike ride the other day , all the way up the beach and back down, wow. huge GA crowds apparently.

hunting is a haul from HHi an hour +. sponatenous trips to Jekyll yield all day fun low tide 1-3pm its a solid 2 hour trip. clear of heavy day trippers on the week days, easy.

what week?

threading this crowd was easy compared to here

Hey thanks for the responses, guys! I should have said "I'll be in in HH from July 9-16 *if* we decide to go.". Well, you've helped me decide, and we're not going. I just don't see a week there being a good idea if I can only buggy once or twice (5 hrs round-trip to Jekyll). Neither my wife nor I are really beach people (well, obviously I am if there's nobody else on the beach, buggy-driving is legal, and there's wind. ; )

Tides for Braddock Point on Hilton Head Island, SC
32.11 Lattitude -80.83 Longitude

Saturday, July 9, 2011
6:24 AM Sunrise 8:32 PM Sunset

3:03 AM High tide 6.78 Feet
9:25 AM Low tide -0.29 Feet
3:52 PM High tide 7.49 Feet
10:18 PM Low tide 0.41 Feet


that aint so good . u need low like at 4pm -5pm makes for ok summer time ride in evening

So Phreerider is the tide situation much the same at Jekyll during that period? I'm ignorant of tides. I know beaches without much slope to them are good, but that's about it.

roughly the the same time period . might be slightly ahead.

the tide height differential along with advancing time .

height swings 6-8 ft over 6+hours and advances into the next hour about every 24 hours.

Yes Jekyll is tide dependent ride spot year round. beyond the hi tide line is unusable and prohibited , dune disturbance is a no no.

tide tables make easy work of it