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News
Openings, closures, festival dates and beach notices for Hilton Head. Every item is dated, says where the facts came from, and points back at the pages that explain the practical side.
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Festival
Twelve fireworks shows over Broad Creek across the summer, almost all of them on Tuesdays. Free to watch, difficult to park for, easy to bike to.
June 9 – August 18
Seasonal
Loggerheads come ashore here between May and October, and the Town's lighting ordinance, hole-filling rules and volunteer dawn patrols all key off those dates.
Event
The PGA Tour's plaid-jacket tournament returns to Harbour Town Golf Links in mid-April. If you are not here for golf, plan the week around it anyway.
April 13 – April 19
Seasonal
The time you booked in July is often not the time you sail in October. Operators reset sunset departures every couple of weeks through the shoulder season.
Archive
Travel alert
Checkout is 10, check-in is 4, and everyone tries to cross in between. The fix is arrival timing, not route choice.
Travel alert
The season is six months long but the real risk clusters August to October. Beaufort County evacuates as a single unit, which changes how you should book.
Beach update
Shore Beach Service staffs up from late March and peaks in summer. The Town's paid-parking window opens the same month, with one notable exception.
Seasonal
More than 60 miles of public pathway, a Gold-level Bicycle Friendly rating, and a hard-packed beach that only exists for a few hours either side of low water.
Beach update
Fish Haul Creek and Mitchelville face Port Royal Sound, and a day or two after a winter storm the flats there are the best beachcombing on the island.
Seasonal
South Carolina's recreational shellfish season opens half an hour before sunrise on October 1. Cluster oysters, roast season and a different kind of table.