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Figure Eight Island Swing Bridge

ICW mile 278

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⚠ Hazard
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Right now at this spot

oldest reading 37 min ago
Sporty

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

The sea state in that call was measured 8.2 nm away at NDBC 41110 — that is open water, not this basin.

What that call is built on
  • · Observed wind N 7 kt gusting 11 — NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach
  • · Observed seas 2.6 ft — NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet
Wind now
N 7 kt
JMPN7, 4.1 nm off · 37 min ago
Gusting
11 kt
JMPN7, 4.1 nm off · 37 min ago
Seas now
2.6 ft
13s period · 41110, 8.2 nm off · 37 min ago
Tide
4.2 ft
rising · high 17:06
Water and airWater 71°FAir 69°F
NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (4.1 nm) · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (8.2 nm) · NOAA 8658163 Wrightsville Beach · MLLW
What a local would tell you

Private swing bridge on the ICW with a restricted opening schedule. Low clearance closed, so most boats wait. Hold station clear of the span — the current sets you toward it.

The tide today

4.2 ft right now
ARRIVENOW04:41 · 4.211:00 · 0.817:06 · 4.423:19 · 0.6
Next high 17:06 · 4.4 ft3.9 ft range today

Best window to be here. Aim for the window around high water at 04:41 or 17:06 — this spot is tide-sensitive.

Why the tide decides this one
  • It is flagged for shoaling or hazard in the dataset.
Sunrise 7:22 AM · Sunset 6:29 PM2h 22m of light left
NOAA CO-OPS 8658163 · Wrightsville Beach · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.
Wrightsville Beach is reading 1.3 ft ABOVE prediction (7 min ago). Wind is holding water in.
measured 5.49 ft · predicted 4.18 ft · +1.3 ft · NOAA 8658163

What’s biting here

All species
Red drumOpenPeak

Peak month, and 71°F is right in their band.

Min 18" total length · 1 per person per day

Spotted seatroutOpenPeak

Peak month, and 71°F is right in their band.

Min 14" total length · 3 per person per day

FlounderClosedPeak

Peak month, and 71°F is right in their band.

Unlawful to possess right now.

Ranked on the month and the measured water temperature. Limits are North Carolina’s current rules — confirm with DMF before you keep anything.

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.

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach
Distance
5.5 nm
by the waterway
Run time
28 min
arrive about 4:34 PM
Fuel, round trip
5.4 gal
4% of your 150 gal
Home before dark
1h 26m
to spare, leaving now, out and back
On the ICWstatute mile 278
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
🛻RampWrightsville Beach Public Ramp4.3 nmSW🍤Dock & dineBluewater Waterfront Grill4.4 nmSW⚓MarinaBridge Tender Marina4.5 nmSW⛽Fuel · Pump outWrightsville Beach Marina4.6 nmSW🛥Public dockRiverwalk Public Docks10.0 nmWSW
Nearest artificial reefAR-364 Billy Murrell Reef2.8 nmSE
44 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.
Sign in to add a report. Depths you post get corrected for the tide automatically.

Know before you go

TypeSwing bridge
ClearanceLow when closed
HailVHF 13
BridgeScheduleCurrent

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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.