Manatees in South Carolina - Sightings

To report a live manatee sighting in South Carolina, please complete and submit the form.

To report a dead or injured manatee in South Carolina please contact the SCDNR at
1-800-922-5431.

To request an educational manatee sign for your marina please contact SCDNR at manatee@dnr.sc.gov

Manatees are catalogued according to the presence and location of scar patterns are their body. With your help we can use this information to identify individual manatees. Please upload photos and/or videos using the form below. If video files are too large to upload, please email them to manatee@dnr.sc.gov.

Manatee Sighting Form