Nothing connects you to the place your food is grown like an oyster
At Barrier Island Oyster Co., our mission is to produce the very best oysters and clams in Charleston, while preserving our pristine Lowcountry waterways for future generations to enjoy.
That's why we employ restorative growing methods that guarantee the highest quality products, while also helping to improve wild oyster reefs and our local marshes.
Floating just a few thousand yards from open ocean, our premium single oysters experience nearly constant wind and wave action, which chips away overset and extra shell growth while also helping to polish and deepen each cup.
The result is a beautiful tide-tumbled select that brings the clean, salty taste of a Lowcountry marsh fresh from the river to your table.
Charleston’s favorite
BARRIER ISLAND CLUSTERS
Sustainably hand-harvested from pristine Lowcountry shorelines, our wild local clusters are the cleanest, saltiest, and all-around tastiest oysters you’ll ever roast. We cull each one in place to leave behind shell and smaller oysters for next year’s crop - only bringing you the highest quality clusters straight from the dock. Cook up a bushel of Barrier Island Clusters and be the hero at your next oyster roast!
SEA CLOUD SELECTS
Each Sea Cloud single oyster spends its life floating in the pristine coastal waters off Wadmalaw Island. After reaching harvest size, Sea Clouds are sorted and washed by hand before being delivered to market.
BIO BLADES
Our take on the classic South Carolina single oyster. These wild blades are harvested by hand from the shorelines of the pristine estuaries surrounding our farm and then finished and fattened in the high-salinity waters of our farm before coming to market.
CLAMMER DAVE’S CLAMS
Clammer Dave’s Clams are grown from seed to market size in bags planted along local shorelines where the perfect combination of pure ocean water and nutrients from the surrounding marsh allows them to flourish. Dave’s clams are naturally purged during harvest, resulting in the cleanest and briniest clams in South Carolina.
Like a fine wine, our oysters derive their bright, briny flavor from the distinctive merroir or "sense of place" that is created by the unique combination of salt, grasses, phytoplankton, and other nutrients flowing through the water where they live.
Floating at the top of the water column, where the changing tides flush them clean four times each day, this regular influx of pure ocean water means salinity levels on the farm stay high - even at low tide.
