Emerald Isle

Bogue Inlet

ICW mile 229

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

🌊 Inlet⚠ Hazard🎣 Fishing

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⚠ Gale Warning

Gale Warning issued October 16 at 9:04AM EDT until October 19 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC

Live · National Weather Service, for this position

Right now at this spot

oldest reading 54 min ago

Stay in

The National Weather Service has a gale warning out for this water. Nothing about this spot is worth it today.

The sea state in that call was measured 27.4 nm away at NDBC 41159 — that is open water, not this basin.

What that call is built on

· Observed wind WSW 7 kt gusting 11 — NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort
· Observed seas 3 ft — NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay
· Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop — NWS AMZ158
· Gale Warning in effect — National Weather Service

Wind now

WSW 7 kt

BFTN7, 21.8 nm off · 50 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

BFTN7, 21.8 nm off · 50 min ago

Seas now

3 ft

4s period · 41159, 27.4 nm off · 54 min ago

Tide

2.0 ft

rising · high 13:55

Inside the waterway

Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop

Water and airWater 78°FAir 79°F

NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort (21.8 nm) · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (27.4 nm) · NOAA 8656613 Swansboro · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Runnable but it moves every season. The bar builds on the west side. Local boats run it daily — just don't be the guy who follows a two-year-old chart out there.

The tide today

2.0 ft right now

Next high 13:55 · 2.2 ft1.6 ft range today

Best window to be here. Aim for the window around high water at 01:08 or 13:55 — this spot is tide-sensitive.

Why the tide decides this one

It is an inlet — the bar stands up when the tide runs against the wind.
It is flagged for shoaling or hazard in the dataset.
Tagged shifting.

Sunrise 7:15 AM · Sunset 6:33 PM5h 43m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8656613 · Swansboro · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab is reading 0.7 ft ABOVE prediction (8 min ago). Wind is holding water in. That gauge is 21.9 nm away, so treat this as the regional trend rather than your basin.

measured 4.29 ft · predicted 3.63 ft · +0.7 ft · NOAA 8656483 · regional

What’s biting here

All species

Red drumOpenPeak

Peak month, and 78°F is right in their band.

Min 18" total length · 1 per person per day

Spotted seatroutOpenPeak

Peak month, and 78°F is right in their band.

Min 14" total length · 3 per person per day

FlounderClosedPeak

Peak month, and 78°F is right in their band.

Unlawful to possess right now.

Ranked on the month and the measured water temperature. Limits are North Carolina’s current rules — confirm with DMF before you keep anything.

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.

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

52.2 nm

by the waterway

Run time

136 min

arrive about 3:05 PM

Fuel, round trip

55.7 gal

37% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

1h 12m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWstatute mile 229

Worked out for

a typical 26 ft centre console · 2 ft draft · 26 kt cruise · 14 gph

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Distance from ICW mile markers where both ends have one, winding-padded straight line otherwise. Time and fuel from your boat profile at 26 kt.

Worked out for a typical 26 ft centre console — we do not know yours yet. Add your boat and these become your numbers.Add your boat

What else is out here

straight line, true bearing

🛻RampCedar Point Boating Access Area1.9 nmN ⚓MarinaSwansboro Yacht Basin2.4 nmNNW 🍤Dock & dineSaltwater Grill2.5 nmNNW 🛥Public dockSwansboro Municipal Docks2.5 nmNNW ⛽Fuel · Pump outCasper's Marina2.6 nmNNW

Nearest artificial reefAR-3811.6 nmN

NCDMF site reference position, not a surveyed obstruction. Material stands well above the site average — never steer over a reef on these numbers.

Distances computed from the shipped place dataset and NCDMF reef records. Great-circle, not a route — check that the water actually connects.

Live from the water

No reports here yet. If you run this spot, post what you see — fuel price, depth, how busy it is. Depths get corrected for the tide automatically, so the number you leave is worth something to the next boat.

Know before you go

TypeShifting, unmaintained

WatchWest side bar

RuleFollow current buoys

ShiftingLocal knowledge

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✈ Brief this trip Map

Conditions, tides and alerts are live from NOAA CO-OPS, the National Weather Service and NDBC. Distance, run time, fuel and clearance are calculated from your boat profile. Member depth reports are corrected to the datum at the moment they are filed. Planning aid only — not for navigation. Carry current charts.