Wilmington

Trails End Park Ramp

ICW mile 288

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

🛻 Ramp

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Right now at this spot

oldest reading 50 min ago

Sporty

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

The sea state in that call was measured 7 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

Wind, forecast

SW 15 kt

AMZ250 forecast

Gusting

20 kt

AMZ250 forecast

Seas now

1.6 ft

9s period · 41110, 7 nm off · 50 min ago

Tide

4.4 ft

falling · low 18:43

Water and airWater 76°FAir 80°F

NWS AMZ250 · Today · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (7 nm) · NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (4.8 nm) · NOAA 8658145 Shinn Point, ICWW · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Good access to Masonboro Sound without fighting the Wrightsville crowds. Smaller lot, so it still fills — but it empties faster in the afternoon.

The tide today

4.4 ft right now

Next low 18:43 · 1.4 ft3.4 ft range today

Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 00:01 and 12:43, low 05:44 and 18:43.

Sunrise 7:17 AM · Sunset 6:36 PM5h 46m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8658145 · Shinn Point, ICWW · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Wrightsville Beach is reading 0.5 ft ABOVE prediction (8 min ago). Wind is holding water in.

measured 4.93 ft · predicted 4.41 ft · +0.5 ft · NOAA 8658163

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

4.9 nm

by the waterway

Run time

27 min

arrive about 1:17 PM

Fuel, round trip

4.8 gal

3% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

4h 52m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWstatute mile 288

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

🍤Dock & dine · MarinaThe Sailfish at Marsh Creek Marine1.0 nmNNW ⛽Fuel · Pump outSeapath Yacht Club4.0 nmNE 🛥Public dockRiverwalk Public Docks6.7 nmNW

Nearest artificial reefAR-370 Meares Harris Reef5.3 nmE

52 ft site average · Concrete, Vessel

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

AccessMasonboro Sound

ParkingLimited

VibeQuieter than Wrightsville

RampQuieterSmall lot

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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.