Morehead City

Morehead City Yacht Basin

ICW mile 205

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

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Right now at this spot

oldest reading 1 hour ago

Rough — bigger boats only

Experienced crews in bigger hulls. Everyone else will have a bad day.

The sea state in that call was measured 32.6 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, 1.8 nm off · 50 min ago

Gusting

8 kt

BFTN7, 1.8 nm off · 50 min ago

Seas now

3.6 ft

15s period · 41159, 32.6 nm off · 1 hour ago

Inside the waterway

Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop

Water and airWater 74°F

NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort (1.8 nm) · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (32.6 nm) · NOAA 8656502 Morehead City Harbor · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Deep, protected, and set up for big boats staging for offshore or the run to Beaufort. High-flow diesel, which matters if you're filling a sportfish.

The tide today

NOAA has not returned a prediction for station 8656502 right now, so there is no curve to draw. Nothing here is worth guessing at — check the station directly.

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

74.8 nm

by the waterway

Run time

188 min

arrive about 7:15 PM

Fuel, round trip

80.0 gal

53% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

3h 59m late

you would finish after sunset

On the ICWstatute mile 205

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 & dineSanitary Fish Market0.1 nmE 🛻RampEmerald Isle Boat Ramp15.0 nmW 🛥Public dockMoore Street Dock20.2 nmW

Nearest artificial reefAR-315 Atlantic Beach Reef3.3 nmSSW

49 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.

Know before you go

FuelHigh-flow diesel + gas

Max LOA200 ft

UseOffshore staging

Big boatsHigh-flow dieselOffshore

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Tides unavailable (NOAA 403) · Tide curve 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.