Carolina Beach

Carolina Beach Municipal Docks

ICW mile 295

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

🛥 Public dock⚓ Marina♻ Pump out

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Right now at this spot

oldest reading 52 min ago

Sporty

Small boats will get beat up. Pick your heading and slow down.

The sea state in that call was measured 11 nm away at NDBC 41110 — that is open water, not this basin.

What that call is built on

· Forecast wind SW 15 kt gusting 20 — NWS AMZ250 · Today
· Observed seas 1.6 ft — NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet

Wind, forecast

SW 15 kt

AMZ250 forecast

Gusting

20 kt

AMZ250 forecast

Seas now

1.6 ft

9s period · 41110, 11 nm off · 52 min ago

Tide

4.3 ft

falling · low 18:58

Water and airWater 76°FAir 80°F

NWS AMZ250 · Today · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (11 nm) · NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (11.9 nm) · NOAA 8659084 Southport · MLLW

What a local would tell you

In the middle of the Carolina Beach basin, steps from the boardwalk. Basin is protected but shallow at the edges — stay in the marked channel coming in from Snow's Cut.

The tide today

4.3 ft right now

Next low 18:58 · 0.8 ft3.7 ft range today

Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 00:06 and 12:35, low 06:02 and 18:58.

Sunrise 7:17 AM · Sunset 6:37 PM5h 45m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8659084 · Southport · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

The gauge at Wilmington is within 0.3 ft of prediction — the almanac is holding up today.

measured 4.76 ft · predicted 4.48 ft · +0.3 ft · NOAA 8658120 · nearby

What’s biting here

All species

Red drumOpenPeak

Peak month, and 76°F is right in their band.

Min 18" total length · 1 per person per day

Spotted seatroutOpenPeak

Peak month, and 76°F is right in their band.

Min 14" total length · 3 per person per day

FlounderClosedPeak

Peak month, and 76°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.

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

13.8 nm

by the waterway

Run time

47 min

arrive about 1:39 PM

Fuel, round trip

14.4 gal

10% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

4h 10m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWstatute mile 295

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

⛽Fuel · RampCarolina Beach State Park Marina1.4 nmNW 🍤Dock & dineThe Sailfish at Marsh Creek Marine8.4 nmN

Nearest artificial reefAR-378 Phillip Wolfe Reef1.2 nmESE

40 ft site average · Concrete, Reef Ball

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

SlipsTransient + seasonal

ProtectionVery good — enclosed basin

Walk toBoardwalk, restaurants

ProtectedBoardwalkTransient

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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.