Carolina Beach Inlet
a typical 26 ft centre console · 26 ft centre console · out of Wrightsville Beach
⚠ Gale Warning
Gale Warning issued October 16 at 2:21AM EDT until October 19 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Live · National Weather Service
Distance
11.3 nm
from Wrightsville Beach
Run time
41 min
arrive about 1:25 PM
Fuel, round trip
11.7 gal
8% of your 150 gal
Under the keel
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no depth reports yet
Daylight
Sunset 6:36 PM · 4h 29m to spare round trip
Depth
Nobody has reported a depth here. This spot is tide-sensitive, so sound your way in and post what you read — we timestamp it and correct it to the datum automatically, so the next boat gets a number they can actually use.
On the water
Surf City to Cape FearToday
Wind SW 10-15 ktGusts 20 ktSeas 2-3 ft
SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds.
TonightSW 15 kt g20 · seas 3-4 ft
SaturdayN 20-25 kt · seas 3-4 ft
Saturday NightN 25-30 kt g40 · seas 5-8 ft
NWS Coastal Waters Forecast AMZ250 · live
Happening right now
observed, not forecastWaves
1.6 ft @ 9s
Water
76°F
Air
80°F
NDBC Wrightsville Beach + Masonboro Inlet · 44 min ago
Tides
4.4 ft now, fallingNext low at 18:43 · 1.4 ft
Aim for the window around high water at 00:01 or 12:43 — this spot is tide-sensitive.
NOAA 8658145 · Shinn Point, ICWW · MLLW · live
What you need to know
Unjettied and it moves. The channel is not where the chart says it is — follow the current buoys, not your plotter, and get a fresh report before you run it.
Forecast, observations and tides are live from NOAA, the National Weather Service and NDBC. Run time, fuel, depth and daylight are calculated from your boat profile. Planning aid only — not for navigation. Carry current charts.