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Carolina Beach

Kure Beach Pier

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🎣 Fishing
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⚠ Gale Warning
Gale Warning issued October 16 at 2:21AM EDT until October 19 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Live · National Weather Service, for this position

Right now at this spot

oldest reading 48 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 12.9 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
  • · Gale Warning in effect — National Weather Service
Wind, forecast
SW 15 kt
AMZ250 forecast
Gusting
20 kt
AMZ250 forecast
Seas now
1.6 ft
9s period · 41110, 12.9 nm off · 48 min ago
Tide
4.4 ft
falling · low 18:58
Water and airWater 76°FAir 78°F
NWS AMZ250 · Today · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (12.9 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

4.4 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 7:17 AM · Sunset 6:37 PM5h 49m 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
16.6 nm
by the waterway
Run time
54 min
arrive about 1:41 PM
Fuel, round trip
17.4 gal
12% of your 150 gal
Home before dark
4h 2m
to spare, leaving now, out and back
On the ICWoff channel · 1.9 nm from mile 300
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
🛥Public dock · Marina · Pump outCarolina Beach Municipal Docks2.3 nmNNE⛽Fuel · RampCarolina Beach State Park Marina3.1 nmN🍤Dock & dineProvision Company7.5 nmSW
Nearest artificial reefAR-378 Phillip Wolfe Reef2.6 nmNE
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.
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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.