Bloody Point, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina
The southern tip of Daufuskie Island: a wide public beach, a gated community around a closed golf course, and the 1883 lighthouse with its winery.
Bloody Point Beach
Bloody Point Beach is the Atlantic beach at the south end of Daufuskie Island, and it is public. It is one of the two easy ways onto the island’s ocean shore, along with the public path off Cresting Wave Lane.
A loop that fits a day trip: the beach at Bloody Point, then the lighthouse and its winery on the way back up the island. Our things to do on Daufuskie Island page has the rest.
Bloody Point Golf and the Resort
Bloody Point was built in the 1980s as one of the island’s three planned communities, a gated neighborhood of homes and lots built around a golf course. Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish designed the course, which opened in 1991. It was renovated by Love Golf Design and reopened under a new owner in 2011, with cottages and a water taxi from Savannah, and it closed again in 2018.
No golf is played at Bloody Point now. The property owners’ association and Beaufort County Council backed rezoning the course land for open space, linear parks and trails, alongside an expanded inn, a village core and a beach club, so the course is not waiting to reopen. The one course you can play on the island is the private Haig Point; our Daufuskie Island golf page explains how visitors get a round.
Homes at Bloody Point still rent by the week and come up for sale. See Daufuskie Island rentals for a stay and Daufuskie Island real estate for homes and lots.
The Lighthouse and Silver Dew Winery
The Bloody Point Lighthouse is a white keeper’s house on Beach Road with a lamp in its dormer window, lit in 1883 to guide ships into the Savannah River. It is a museum now, and the Silver Dew Winery pours tastings in its old brick oil house. Hours change with the seasons, so call ahead; the lighthouse page has the number and its full story.
How Bloody Point, Daufuskie Island Got Its Name
The point takes its name from battles between the Yamasee and the Carolina settlers there in 1715, during the Yamasee War. In 1899, about 25,000 soldiers returning from the Spanish-American War were held in quarantine at Bloody Point for five days. The rest of the island’s past is on our Daufuskie Island history page.
Getting to Bloody Point, Daufuskie Island
There is no bridge to Daufuskie, so you cross by boat from Hilton Head or Bluffton; the Daufuskie Island ferry page has the boats and times. Bloody Point is at the far south end, a golf cart ride from the ferry landing, and a golf cart is how most people get around; see Daufuskie golf cart rentals.
This is Bloody Point, South Carolina. The Bloody Point Bar Light, a lighthouse in the water off Kent Island in the Chesapeake Bay, is in Maryland and unrelated.
Bloody Point Lighthouse on Daufuskie Island, SC: the 1883 range light and keeper's house, now a museum with Silver Dew Winery, and how to visit it.
Daufuskie Island things to do: empty Atlantic beaches, horseback rides, Gullah history, a lighthouse winery, art studios and lunch at Freeport Marina.
Daufuskie Island golf, straight: Haig Point is the only course open, Bloody Point and Melrose are closed, and here is how a visitor gets a round.
A printable Daufuskie Island map: where each ferry lands, the main roads, the historic sites, restaurants, galleries and beaches.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Bloody Point on Daufuskie Island?
At the southern tip of the island, about five miles from Haig Point at the north end, at the end of Beach Road.
Is Bloody Point Beach public?
Yes. It is a public Atlantic beach, one of the two easy ways onto the island’s ocean shore.
Is the Bloody Point golf course open?
No. It opened in 1991, reopened after a renovation in 2011 and closed in 2018, and its land has been rezoned for open space, parks and trails.
Is there still a Bloody Point resort?
Not as a golf resort. Homes in the gated Bloody Point community rent by the week, and the rezoning plan calls for an expanded inn and a beach club.
Is this the Bloody Point in Maryland?
No. This Bloody Point is on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina. The Bloody Point Bar Light is a lighthouse in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay.
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