Sneads Ferry

New River Inlet

ICW mile 245

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

🌊 Inlet⚠ Hazard

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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

· Forecast wind SW 15 kt — NWS AMZ158 · Today
· Observed seas 3 ft — NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay
· Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop — NWS AMZ158
· Gale Warning in effect — National Weather Service

Wind, forecast

SW 15 kt

AMZ158 forecast

Seas now

3 ft

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

Tide

1.1 ft

rising · high 14:11

Inside the waterway

Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop

Water and airWater 78°F

NWS AMZ158 · Today · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (27.4 nm) · NOAA 8657002 Sneads Ferry, New River · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Shifts constantly and the ICW crossing at the inlet is one of the shallowest spots on this whole stretch. Run it near high water and get a current depth report first.

The tide today

1.1 ft right now

Next high 14:11 · 1.2 ft0.7 ft range today

Best window to be here. Aim for the window around high water at 01:14 or 14:11 — 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 shoaling, high water only.

Sunrise 7:16 AM · Sunset 6:34 PM5h 44m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8657002 · Sneads Ferry, New River · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Wrightsville Beach is reading 0.5 ft ABOVE prediction (8 min ago). Wind is holding water in. That gauge is 29.2 nm away, so treat this as the regional trend rather than your basin.

measured 4.93 ft · predicted 4.41 ft · +0.5 ft · NOAA 8658163 · 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

36.0 nm

by the waterway

Run time

98 min

arrive about 2:28 PM

Fuel, round trip

38.3 gal

26% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

2h 27m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWstatute mile 245

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

⚓MarinaBayshore Marina1.6 nmWNW 🛻RampSneads Ferry Boating Access2.9 nmNW ⛽FuelSwan Point Marina3.9 nmWNW 🍤Dock & dineThe Landing at New River11.8 nmNNW 🛥Public dockRiverwalk Marina (Olde Towne)14.1 nmNNW ♻Pump outCasper's Marina14.4 nmNE

Nearest artificial reefAR-398 New River8.0 nmNNW

15 ft site average · Concrete

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

ICW crossingKnown shoal area

RuleHigh water only if you draw 4 ft+

ShoalingHigh water only

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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.