Surf City

Surf City Ocean Pier, Inc

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

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⚠ Small Craft Advisory

Small Craft Advisory issued October 22 at 2:19PM EDT until October 25 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC

Live · National Weather Service, for this position

Right now at this spot

oldest reading 36 min ago

Sporty

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

The sea state in that call was measured 18.8 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
· Small Craft Advisory in effect — National Weather Service

Wind now

N 7 kt

JMPN7, 17.4 nm off · 36 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

JMPN7, 17.4 nm off · 36 min ago

Seas now

2.6 ft

13s period · 41110, 18.8 nm off · 36 min ago

Tide

3.2 ft

rising · high 18:03

Water and airWater 71°FAir 69°F

NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (17.4 nm) · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (18.8 nm) · NOAA 8657813 Hampstead · MLLW

Nobody has written this one up yet

We know where it is and what it is, and that is all we know. If you have been here, the one line you would tell a friend is worth more than anything we could put here — leave it in the comments below.

The tide today

3.2 ft right now

Next high 18:03 · 3.9 ft3.1 ft range today

Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 05:37 and 18:03, low 11:59.

Sunrise 7:21 AM · Sunset 6:28 PM2h 22m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8657813 · Hampstead · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Wrightsville Beach is reading 1.3 ft ABOVE prediction (6 min ago). Wind is holding water in. That gauge is 17.4 nm away, so treat this as the regional trend rather than your basin.

measured 5.49 ft · predicted 4.18 ft · +1.3 ft · NOAA 8658163 · regional

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

21.8 nm

by the waterway

Run time

66 min

arrive about 5:11 PM

Fuel, round trip

23.0 gal

15% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

11m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWoff channel · 0.5 nm from mile 261

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

🛻RampSurf City Public Ramp0.1 nmNNE ⚓MarinaBush Marina5.6 nmSW ⛽Fuel · Pump outHarbour Village Marina8.9 nmWSW 🍤Dock & dineThe Landing at New River17.9 nmNNE 🛥Public dockRiverwalk Marina (Olde Towne)20.5 nmNNE

Nearest artificial reefAR-360 Topsail Reef5.3 nmSSW

44 ft site average · Concrete, Reef Ball

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

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✈ Brief this trip Map

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.