LIST OF TABLES 

 No. Page 



1 Known Storms Affecting the South Carolina Coast 20 



2 Dates of Historical T Sheets Used in Shoreline Change Map 



Production 40 



3 Geographical Positions of Base Maps 47 



4 Average Shoreline Movement, Tybee Island, Geergia, to 



St. Helena Sound, South Carolina 60 



5 Average Shoreline Movement, St. Helena Sound to Charleston 



Harbor , South Carolina 69 



6 Average Shoreline Movement, Charleston Harbor to Bull 



Island, South Carolina 75 



7 Average Shoreline Movement, Bull Bay, South Carolina 81 



8 Average Shoreline Movement, Sandy Point to North Inlet, 



South Carolina 86 



9 Average Shoreline Movement, North Inlet to South Carolina/ 



North Carolina State Line 92 



10 Average Shoreline Movement, South Carolina/North Carolina 



State Line to Cape Fear, North Carolina 98 



11 Summary of Inlet Changes 104 



12 Area Changes South of the Winyah Bay Jetties 117 



13 Subaerial Surface Area Changes at Cape Fear 121 



14 Cumulative Percentage of Total Shoreline Distance with Nearshore 



Slopes to -1.8, -5.5, and -9.1 m, MLW Steeper than Designated 



Values 134 



LIST OF FIGURES 



No. Page 



1 Map of the study area: the coastline from Tybee Island, 



Georgia, to Cape Fear, North Carolina 9 



2 Summarized wind and offshore wave conditions near Charleston, 



SC 13 



3 Seasonal directionality of offshore wave conditions near 



Charleston , SC 14 



4 Alongshore variation of wave height within the study area 15 



5 Alongshore variation of wave period and wave power flux within 



the study area — 16 



6 Alongshore variation in tide conditions and average annual tidal 



variation at Charleston 18 



7 Tracks of known hurricanes affecting the area between 1890 



and 1970 21 



8 Tide frequencies at selected points on the South Carolina coast, 



based on hurricane specifications 22 



9 Alongshore variation in total tidal height at various return 



intervals 23 



10 Regional sea level versus time curve developed from South 



Carolina data 24 



11 Relative sea level changes from tide gage data at Charleston, 



SC, and summary data for the southern east coast.... 25 



12 General stratigraphy of the east coast 26 



