Frying Pan Shoals
Second Wind · 26' Sailfish 268 CC · out of Wrightsville Beach
Distance
30.3 nm
from Wrightsville Beach
Run time
85 min
arrive about 10:13 PM
Fuel, round trip
32.1 gal
21% of your 150 gal
Under the keel
—
no depth reports yet
Daylight
Sunset 7:50 PM · 20h 11m to spare round trip
Depth
Nobody has reported a depth here. This spot is tide-sensitive, so sound your way in and post what you read — we timestamp it and correct it to the datum automatically, so the next boat gets a number they can actually use.
On the water
Cape Fear to Little River InletTonight
Wind SW 10-15 ktSeas 2-3 ft
SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of tstms. A chance of showers this evening, then showers likely after midnight.
SaturdaySW 10-15 kt · seas 2-3 ft
Saturday NightSW 10-15 kt g20 · seas 2-3 ft
SundayW 5-10 kt · seas 2-3 ft
NWS Coastal Waters Forecast AMZ252 · live
Happening right now
observed, not forecastWind now
NNE 14 kt g17
Waves
3 ft @ 5s
Water
87°F
Air
81°F
NDBC Frying Pan Shoals · 28 min ago
Tides
1.4 ft now, fallingNext low at 22:15 · 0.9 ft
Aim for the window around high water at 03:08 or 15:48 — this spot is tide-sensitive.
NOAA 8659084 · Southport · MLLW · live
What you need to know
Shoals run roughly 30 miles offshore off Cape Fear. Great fishing, genuinely dangerous water. Do not shortcut across — go around the sea buoy.
Forecast, observations and tides are live from NOAA, the National Weather Service and NDBC. Run time, fuel, depth and daylight are calculated from your boat profile. Planning aid only — not for navigation. Carry current charts.