Deveaux Bank, South Carolina

Deveaux Bank is a horseshoe-shaped sand spit island encompassing a 215-acre (87-hectare) bird sanctuary at the mouth of the North Edisto River in Charleston County, South Carolina.

During World War II, Deveaux Bank was used as a bombing range.

The bank was completely submerged by Hurricane David in 1979 and tidal shifts that followed the next spring.

[3] Over the next several years the island continued to rebuild as sand was deposited by currents.

Due to a lack of land predators, the island has become a heavily utilized bird nesting area.

North shore of Deveaux Bank beach looking east
An aerial shot of Deveaux Bank looking back towards the mainland with Botany Bay to the left and Seabrook Island to the right.