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South Beach Grill

a typical 26 ft centre console · 26 ft centre console · out of Wrightsville Beach

Distance
0.9 nm
from Wrightsville Beach
Run time
9 min
arrive about 4:14 PM
Fuel, round trip
0.7 gal
0% of your 150 gal
Under the keel
—
no depth concerns here
Daylight
Sunset 6:29 PM · 2h 5m to spare round trip
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On the water

Surf City to Cape Fear
This Afternoon
Wind N 10 ktSeas 3-4 ft

N winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 13 seconds.

TonightN 10-15 kt g20 · seas 3-4 ft
FridayNE 15-20 kt g25 · seas 3-4 ft
Friday NightNE 25-30 kt · seas 4-6 ft
NWS Coastal Waters Forecast AMZ250 · live

Happening right now

observed, not forecast
Wind now
N 7 kt g11
Waves
2.6 ft @ 13s
Water
71°F
Air
69°F
NDBC Wrightsville Beach + Masonboro Inlet · 36 min ago

Tides

4.2 ft now, rising
ARRIVENOW04:41 · 4.211:00 · 0.817:06 · 4.423:19 · 0.6

Next high at 17:06 · 4.4 ft

Any tide works here. High water 04:41 and 17:06, low 11:00 and 23:19.

NOAA 8658163 · Wrightsville Beach · MLLW · live

What you need to know

No dock of its own — you tie up at the Wynn Plaza public docks across the street and walk over. Plan for the docks to be full on a summer Saturday.

Open place detailsChange

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.