Swansboro

Swansboro Municipal Docks

ICW mile 229

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

🛥 Public dock

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Right now at this spot

oldest reading 55 min ago

Sporty

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

The sea state in that call was measured 29.8 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

Wind now

WSW 7 kt

BFTN7, 22.1 nm off · 51 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

BFTN7, 22.1 nm off · 51 min ago

Seas now

3 ft

4s period · 41159, 29.8 nm off · 55 min ago

Tide

2.0 ft

rising · high 13:55

Inside the waterway

Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop

Water and airWater 78°FAir 79°F

NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort (22.1 nm) · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (29.8 nm) · NOAA 8656613 Swansboro · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Free public tie-up for a few hours right at the foot of Front Street. Perfect for lunch downtown. Small — three or four boats and it's done.

The tide today

2.0 ft right now

Next high 13:55 · 2.2 ft1.6 ft range today

Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 01:08 and 13:55, low 07:26 and 20:41.

Sunrise 7:15 AM · Sunset 6:33 PM5h 42m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8656613 · Swansboro · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab is reading 0.7 ft ABOVE prediction (9 min ago). Wind is holding water in. That gauge is 22.2 nm away, so treat this as the regional trend rather than your basin.

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

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

53.3 nm

by the waterway

Run time

138 min

arrive about 3:09 PM

Fuel, round trip

56.9 gal

38% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

1h 5m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWstatute mile 229

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 outCasper's Marina0.1 nmWNW 🍤Dock & dineSaltwater Grill0.1 nmNE ⚓MarinaChurch Street Town Dock0.1 nmWNW 🛻RampCedar Point Boating Access Area0.7 nmSE

Nearest artificial reefAR-3810.9 nmSSE

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

CostFree, time limited

Capacity3-4 boats

Walk toFront Street, one minute

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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.