Morehead City

Spooners Creek Marina

ICW mile ~210

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⚓ Marina

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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 53 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 31.7 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, 6.7 nm off · 49 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

BFTN7, 6.7 nm off · 49 min ago

Seas now

3 ft

4s period · 41159, 31.7 nm off · 53 min ago

Tide

3.6 ft

falling · low 19:01

Inside the waterway

Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop

Water and airWater 78°FAir 79°F

NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort (6.7 nm) · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (31.7 nm) · NOAA 8656502 Morehead City Harbor · 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

3.6 ft right now

Next low 19:01 · 1.1 ft2.7 ft range today

Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 12:29, low 05:52 and 19:01.

Sunrise 7:14 AM · Sunset 6:32 PM5h 43m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8656502 · Morehead City Harbor · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab is reading 0.7 ft ABOVE prediction (7 min ago). Wind is holding water in.

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

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

70.1 nm

by the waterway

Run time

177 min

arrive about 3:45 PM

Fuel, round trip

75.0 gal

50% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

11m late

you would finish after sunset

On the ICWabout mile 210

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 · Pump outMorehead City Yacht Basin4.8 nmE 🍤Dock & dineSanitary Fish Market4.9 nmE 🛻RampEmerald Isle Boat Ramp10.4 nmWSW 🛥Public dockMoore Street Dock15.5 nmW

Nearest artificial reefAR-3800.5 nmSSE

12 ft site average · 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

OSM

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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.