...and when you come out, don't make a hard turn to starboard. There is a wash rock that can sneak up on you. Go out a way before starting your turn to the ocean.

We took a drive out there today. Visibility about noon was less than 50 yards (fog). The river mouth is not real wide, but it is pretty well marked with a light on the jetty and navaids coming in. Obey the buoys in the river (stay to the starboard side going up stream).

As mentioned above S and SW winds and swells out of the SW can make the bar a challenge.

Put in a tight line of waypoints on your chart plotter as you go out and run the line out past James Island. You'll be glad you did if you have to come back in, in the fog.