Hampstead

Rich Inlet

ICW mile 276

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

🌊 Inlet⚠ 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 9.2 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, 5.4 nm off · 37 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

JMPN7, 5.4 nm off · 37 min ago

Seas now

2.6 ft

13s period · 41110, 9.2 nm off · 37 min ago

Water and airWater 71°FAir 69°F

NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (5.4 nm) · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (9.2 nm) · NOAA 8657813 Hampstead · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Unmarked and shifting between Figure Eight and Lea-Hutaff. Beautiful, undeveloped, and genuinely not worth attempting without current local knowledge and a rising tide under you.

The tide today

NOAA has not returned a prediction for station 8657813 right now, so there is no curve to draw. Nothing here is worth guessing at — check the station directly.

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

7.1 nm

by the waterway

Run time

32 min

arrive about 4:38 PM

Fuel, round trip

7.2 gal

5% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

1h 19m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWstatute mile 276

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 · Marina · Pump outHarbour Village Marina4.6 nmNNE 🛻RampWrightsville Beach Public Ramp5.7 nmSW 🍤Dock & dineBluewater Waterfront Grill5.8 nmSW 🛥Public dockRiverwalk Public Docks11.1 nmWSW

Nearest artificial reefAR-364 Billy Murrell Reef3.2 nmSSE

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.

Know before you go

TypeUnmarked, shifting

SurroundingsUndeveloped barrier islands

RuleRising tide, local knowledge only

UnmarkedShiftingRemote

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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.