Jurisdictional Lines Overview

South Carolina’s beaches are dynamic places, some beachfront areas accrete or gain sand while other shorelines erode. The coastline changes over time due to tides, waves, currents, tropical weather systems, as well as beach use and maintenance activities. South Carolina Code of Laws § 48-39-280 requires SCDES’s Bureau of Coastal Management to establish and periodically review two beachfront jurisdictional lines.