Fripp Island, SC, Local Tourist Information

Fripp Island

Fripp Island, SC



Seaside Simplicity

Fripp Island is your Oceanfront Golf Resort. Enjoy three championship golf courses, including Davis Love III's first signature golf course and two George Cobb designs…ten tennis courts…miles of Atlantic beach…ecology-minded recreation and children's programs…seaside pool complexes... a deep-water marina... island dining and more. Fripp Island DunesPGA and USPTA proffesionals offer instructions in golf and tennis. Over 300 villa & house accommodation choices.

Fripp Island has a variety of new developments to choose from including our Fripp Cottages at Ocean Creek, offering open floor plans and covered porches; our Bluff lots; or the Bonito Boathouse, seven charming homes located at the Marina. Coming soon are two to five bedroom townhomes being built along the 16th fairway of our Ocean Creek Golf Course. These townhomes are patterned after our popular Sandown Villas. A Visitors' Center display of architectural drawings, golf course layouts, homesite maps and photographs provides an excellent overview of our community.

Activities, Attractions & Dining for Fripp Island, SC

Between all the first class amenities on Fripp Island Resort and the natural opportunities of South Carolina's Lowcountry, you will find a myriad of recreational opportunities. From golf to tennis to kayaking, Fripp and its surroundings provide it all.

Fripp Island Golf

Fripp Island boasts three classic 18 hole championship golf courses. Ocean Creek Golf Course, Davis Love III's signature par 71 golf course was named to "top 10 new course design lists" by Golf Magazine and The Golfer. It features adjacent wide open fairways and spectacular views of the ocean inlet, marsh, and forest and lagoon scenery. Davis's course challenges you to play well yet rewards you when you hit a good shot.

Aerial View of the Fripp Island Golf Course
Likewise, golfers can play Fripp's newly renovated oceanfront golf course, Ocean Point Golf Links, designed by George W. Cobb that has been recognized by Corporate Meetings & Incentives as a Golden Links Award Winner. It's traditional links design brings water into direct play on 17 holes. With shifting sea breezes and five holes that kiss the Atlantic Ocean, it is quite a challenge.
Lone golfer on Golf Course overlooking Atlantic Ocean
South Carolina National, another George Cobb masterpiece is also owned and managed by Fripp Island Resort. South Carolina National is located 25 minutes from Fripp Island and is ideal for people who want to play a round of golf on their way to Fripp Island or before they are leaving the island to return home.
South Carolina National Golf Course
Fripp Island Tennis

Fripp Island, SC offers 10 tennis courts. Our professional staff can arrange for individual play, tournaments, team mixers, round robins, and group instruction.

Fripp Island Tennis Players
Fripp Island Dining

Fripp Island, SC offers a variety of on-island restaurants, each with a distinct personality. A sample of what Fripp Island has to offer is The Beach Club. The Beach Club has an elegant seaside setting for gourmet dinners and sumptuous Sunday brunches.

Fripp Island Beach Club
Fripp Island Recreation

Fripp Island Resort offers a myriad of recreational experiences ranging from bicycling, kayaking, tennis, golf, croquet lawns, and boat rentals. For more leisurely activities, Fripp also offers crabbing, nature tours, scenic cruises and shelling excursions. In addition, for spouse or non-meeting attendees, we can plan a chef's school, interpretative beach walks, or excursions to historic Beaufort.

Historic Beaufort is a capsule and a legacy of an age gone by. It abounds with Southern charm and hospitality. For a relaxing afternoon enjoy a horse drawn carriage tour of the Point.

Fripp Island Horse Drawn Carriage

Island Excursions offers  wonderful, on-the-water adventures for your attendees, some of which are: evening cruises, scenic marsh cruises, sunset cruises, and dolphin watches. The cruises are intimate affairs that typically last two hours. For the serious fishermen, deep sea fishing may be arranged. All captains are Coast Guard licensed and trips include bait, tackle, ice and instruction.

Fripp Island Excursions

Camp Fripp features a comprehensive recreation program specializing in a collection of ecology-oriented programs. The crew includes a full time recreation program director and trained, CPR certified staff of outstanding college students. Activities include nature day camps, family adventures, Kid's Night Out programs and teen mixers. Attendees and their families can participate in the regularly scheduled events or design a program specifically for their group.

Camp Fripp Island

Golf Carts are hard to beat for sightseeing or on island transportation. Our EZ-GO golf carts can seat up to 4 passengers and are a convenient way to travel to and from breakfast, the golf courses, and restaurants. All carts offer lights for evening outings, windshields, and a top for shade. Arrangements can be made to have a golf cart waiting at each of your attendees villas.

Fripp Island Golf Cart

Fripp Island is just 45 miles from I-95 and 19 miles from Beaufort, SC. We're at the end of Highway 21.
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