Jacksonville

Riverwalk Marina (Olde Towne)

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

⚓ Marina🛥 Public dock🛻 Ramp

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Right now at this spot

oldest reading 35 min ago

Sporty

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

The sea state in that call was measured 39.1 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, 36.8 nm off · 35 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

JMPN7, 36.8 nm off · 35 min ago

Seas now

2.6 ft

13s period · 41110, 39.1 nm off · 35 min ago

Tide

0.9 ft

rising · high 19:08

Water and airWater 71°FAir 69°F

NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (36.8 nm) · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (39.1 nm) · NOAA 8657002 Sneads Ferry, New River · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Downtown Jacksonville on the New River, with rentable slips and a kayak and canoe launch. The New River is a long, winding run up from the ICW — budget the time.

The tide today

0.9 ft right now

Next high 19:08 · 1.1 ft0.5 ft range today

Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 06:53 and 19:08, low 00:51 and 13:15.

Sunrise 7:21 AM · Sunset 6:27 PM2h 22m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8657002 · Sneads Ferry, New River · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

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.

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

44.8 nm

by the waterway

Run time

119 min

arrive about 6:04 PM

Fuel, round trip

47.8 gal

32% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

1h 36m late

you would finish after sunset

On the ICWoff channel · 12.6 nm from mile 246

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

🍤Dock & dineBlend Cafe0.1 nmESE ⛽FuelSwan Point Marina12.0 nmS ♻Pump outCasper's Marina15.9 nmESE

Nearest artificial reefAR-398 New River6.2 nmSSE

15 ft site average · Concrete

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.

Know before you go

Slips14 rentable

AlsoKayak and canoe launch

RunLong winding trip up from the ICW

DowntownSlipsPaddle launch

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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.