Beaufort

The Boathouse at Front Street Village

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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 33.7 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, 2 nm off · 49 min ago

Gusting

8 kt

BFTN7, 2 nm off · 49 min ago

Seas now

3.6 ft

15s period · 41159, 33.7 nm off · 1 hour ago

Inside the waterway

Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop

Water and airWater 74°F

NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort (2 nm) · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (33.7 nm) · NOAA 8656483 Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab · 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

NOAA has not returned a prediction for station 8656483 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

78.5 nm

by the waterway

Run time

197 min

arrive about 7:23 PM

Fuel, round trip

84.1 gal

56% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

4h 16m late

you would finish after sunset

On the ICWoff channel · 3.7 nm from 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

⛽Fuel · Dock & dine · Marina · Pump outBeaufort Docks1.7 nmWNW 🛻RampEmerald Isle Boat Ramp18.7 nmW 🛥Public dockMoore Street Dock24.0 nmW

Nearest artificial reefAR-315 Atlantic Beach Reef6.0 nmWSW

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.

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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.