Frying Pan Shoals
a typical 26 ft centre console · 26 ft centre console · out of Wrightsville Beach
⚠ Small Craft Advisory
Small Craft Advisory issued October 22 at 2:19PM EDT until October 25 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Live · National Weather Service
Distance
30.3 nm
from Wrightsville Beach
Run time
85 min
arrive about 5:32 PM
Fuel, round trip
32.1 gal
21% of your 150 gal
Under the keel
—
no depth reports yet
Daylight
Sunset 6:30 PM · you'd get home 28 min after dark
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 InletThis Afternoon
Wind N 5-10 ktSeas 2-4 ft
N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 12 seconds.
TonightN 10-15 kt g20 · seas 2-4 ft
FridayNE 15-20 kt · seas 2-4 ft
Friday NightNE 25-30 kt · seas 5-7 ft
NWS Coastal Waters Forecast AMZ252 · live
Happening right now
observed, not forecastWind now
N 12 kt g16
Air
65°F
NDBC Frying Pan Shoals · 1 hour ago
Tides
Tide data unavailable — check locally before you go.
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.
Tides unavailable (NOAA 403) · Tide curve unavailable (NOAA 403)
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.