2025 Beach Sweep/River Sweep

Date

September 20, 2025

Location

Statewide

Venue

Sites listed North to South along the coast.

Thanks, volunteers, for making the 2024 cleanup a success! Join us on Saturday, September 20, 2025, for the 36th annual event.

Beach Sweep/River Sweep is South Carolina’s largest one-day volunteer waterway cleanup event. Every 3rd Saturday in September since 1988, thousands of South Carolinians clear beaches, rivers, lakes, marshes, and swamps of aquatic debris.

The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium leads the beach cleanup efforts, while SCDNR leads the inland cleanups. The Sweep takes place in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup, coordinated by the Ocean Conservancy.

We provide all the supplies you need, detailed instructions and information, publicity, and a free Beach Sweep/River Sweep t-shirt.

To volunteer as a Site Captain, contact Susan Ferris Hill at Susan.Ferris.Hill@scseagrant.org.