The resort extends back from the sea across 12,000 landscaped acres with formal gardens, fountains, palms, and moss-draped live oaks, marshes and meadows. But there is also a beach club with freshwater pools for swimming and diving. Sea Island is a private, five-mile long coastal Georgia resort island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and separated from St. Simons Island by wide salt marshes on the west. It lies halfway between Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida. Located on Seal Island is the legendary Cloister Hotel, which has welcomed guests from the world over since 1928.
Sea Island serves as a seasonal and year-round community for many residents.
Golf, which has been a primary draw since the beginning, has recently been significantly upgraded as the centerpiece of a resort master plan to transform Sea Island into an unrivaled resort destination. The Cloister can offer an interesting comparison to the Breakers as the premier resort destinations in the southeastern United States. The American west was the focus of the next resort destination development. The beauty of the Rocky Mountains provided a natural setting that has produced many resort destinations. Originally based on beauty and skiing, these resorts are now year round destinations.