Swansboro

Swansboro Yacht Basin

ICW mile 230

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

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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 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
· Gale Warning in effect — National Weather Service

Wind now

WSW 7 kt

BFTN7, 22.4 nm off · 49 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

BFTN7, 22.4 nm off · 49 min ago

Seas now

3 ft

4s period · 41159, 29.8 nm off · 53 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 (22.4 nm) · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (29.8 nm) · NOAA 8656613 Swansboro · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Protected basin just off the ICW below downtown. Quieter than the Front Street docks and a short ride in.

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 44m 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 (7 min ago). Wind is holding water in. That gauge is 22.5 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

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

53.0 nm

by the waterway

Run time

138 min

arrive about 3:06 PM

Fuel, round trip

56.5 gal

38% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

1h 9m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWstatute mile 230

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 Marina0.3 nmNE 🛥Public dockChurch Street Town Dock0.3 nmNE 🍤Dock & dineSaltwater Grill0.4 nmENE 🛻RampCedar Point Boating Access Area0.8 nmESE

Nearest artificial reefAR-3811.0 nmSE

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

TypeProtected basin

To downtownShort run or drive

ProtectedQuiet

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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.