Frying Pan Shoals
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
30.3 nm
from Wrightsville Beach
Run time
85 min
arrive about 2:08 PM
Fuel, round trip
32.1 gal
21% of your 150 gal
Under the keel
—
no depth reports yet
Daylight
Sunset 6:37 PM · 3h 3m 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
Cape Fear to Little River InletToday
Wind SW 10-15 ktGusts 20 ktSeas 2 ft
SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt late. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds.
TonightSW 15 kt g20 · seas 2-4 ft
SaturdayN 20-25 kt · seas 3-4 ft
Saturday NightN 25-30 kt g40 · seas 5-7 ft
NWS Coastal Waters Forecast AMZ252 · live
Happening right now
observed, not forecastWind now
WSW 10 kt g12
Waves
2 ft @ s
Water
79°F
Air
78°F
NDBC Frying Pan Shoals · 33 min ago
Tides
4.4 ft now, fallingNext low at 18:58 · 0.8 ft
Aim for the window around high water at 00:06 or 12:35 — this spot is tide-sensitive.
NOAA 8659084 · Southport · MLLW · live
What you need to know
Shoals run roughly 30 miles offshore off Cape Fear. Great fishing, genuinely dangerous water. Do not shortcut across — go around the sea buoy.
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.