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Dutchman Creek Boat Ramp

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🛻 Ramp
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Right now at this spot

oldest reading 49 min ago
Sporty

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

The sea state in that call was measured 21.5 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 AMZ252 · Today
  • · Observed seas 1.6 ft — NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet
Wind, forecast
SW 15 kt
AMZ252 forecast
Gusting
20 kt
AMZ252 forecast
Seas now
1.6 ft
9s period · 41110, 21.5 nm off · 49 min ago
Tide
4.3 ft
falling · low 18:58
Water and airWater 76°FAir 80°F
NWS AMZ252 · Today · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (21.5 nm) · NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (21.8 nm) · NOAA 8659084 Southport · MLLW
Nobody has written this one up yet

We know where it is and what it is, and that is all we know. If you have been here, the one line you would tell a friend is worth more than anything we could put here — leave it in the comments below.

The tide today

4.3 ft right now
ARRIVENOW00:06 · 3.506:02 · 0.612:35 · 4.418:58 · 0.8
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 7:18 AM · Sunset 6:37 PM5h 48m 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. That gauge is 18.7 nm away, so treat this as the regional trend rather than your basin.
measured 4.76 ft · predicted 4.48 ft · +0.3 ft · NOAA 8658120 · regional

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach
Distance
25.4 nm
by the waterway
Run time
74 min
arrive about 2:03 PM
Fuel, round trip
26.9 gal
18% of your 150 gal
Home before dark
3h 19m
to spare, leaving now, out and back
On the ICWoff channel · 2.2 nm from mile 308
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
⚓MarinaSouth Harbour Village Marina0.4 nmS⛽Fuel · Pump outSouthport Marina2.0 nmESE🍤Dock & dineProvision Company2.2 nmESE🛥Public dockCarolina Beach Municipal Docks10.5 nmNE
Nearest artificial reefAR-425 Yaupon Beach Reef3.6 nmSW
30 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.
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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.