Masonboro Island
a typical 26 ft centre console · 26 ft centre console · out of Wrightsville Beach
Distance
2.8 nm
from Wrightsville Beach
Run time
22 min
arrive about 1:06 PM
Fuel, round trip
2.6 gal
2% of your 150 gal
Under the keel
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no depth reports yet
Daylight
Sunset 6:36 PM · 5h 8m 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
The one everybody goes to. Anchor bow-out on the ICW side of the north end, walk over to the ocean beach. No facilities, no trash cans — pack it out. Gets shoulder-to-shoulder by 11am on a Saturday.
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.