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Swansboro
Cedar Point Ramp
ICW mile 228
NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation
🛻 Ramp
Right now at this spot
oldest reading 1 hour agoRough — bigger boats only
Experienced crews in bigger hulls. Everyone else will have a bad day.
The sea state in that call was measured 29.4 nm away at NDBC 41159 — that is open water, not this basin.
What that call is built on
- · Observed wind N 3 kt gusting 8 — NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort
- · Observed seas 3.6 ft — NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay
- · Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop — NWS AMZ158
Wind now
N 3 kt
BFTN7, 20 nm off · 49 min ago
Gusting
8 kt
BFTN7, 20 nm off · 49 min ago
Seas now
3.6 ft
15s period · 41159, 29.4 nm off · 1 hour ago
Inside the waterway
Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop
Water and airWater 74°F
NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort (20 nm) · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (29.4 nm) · NOAA 8656613 Swansboro · MLLW
What a local would tell you
Easy in and out for Bogue Sound and the run down to Bear Island. Less pressure than the Swansboro side on a busy weekend.
The tide today
NOAA has not returned a prediction for station 8656613 right now, so there is no curve to draw. Nothing here is worth guessing at — check the station directly.
Getting there
from Wrightsville BeachDistance
55.4 nm
by the waterway
Run time
143 min
arrive about 6:29 PM
Fuel, round trip
59.2 gal
39% of your 150 gal
Home before dark
2h 28m late
you would finish after sunset
On the ICWstatute mile 228
Worked out for
a typical 26 ft centre console · 2 ft draft · 26 kt cruise · 14 gph
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 · MarinaDudley's Marina0.4 nmNW🍤Dock & dineil Cigno Italiano2.0 nmW🛥Public dockMoore Street Dock2.1 nmW♻Pump outCasper's Marina2.2 nmW
Nearest artificial reefAR-3811.9 nmWSW
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.
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Know before you go
AccessBogue Sound, White Oak
ParkingDecent
To Bear IslandShort run
RampBear Island access
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Tide curve unavailable (NOAA 403) · Tides unavailable (NOAA 403)
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.