Southport

Southport Marina

ICW mile 309

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

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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 20.4 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, 21.2 nm off · 37 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

JMPN7, 21.2 nm off · 37 min ago

Seas now

2.6 ft

13s period · 41110, 20.4 nm off · 37 min ago

Tide

3.6 ft

rising · high 17:51

Water and airWater 71°FAir 69°F

NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (21.2 nm) · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (20.4 nm) · NOAA 8659084 Southport · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Big, full-service, and the standard fuel stop for anyone running the ICW through the Cape Fear. Well protected basin. Book transient in October — the snowbird migration books it solid.

The tide today

3.6 ft right now

Next high 17:51 · 4.2 ft3.7 ft range today

Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 05:35 and 17:51, low 11:41.

Sunrise 7:23 AM · Sunset 6:30 PM2h 23m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8659084 · Southport · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Wilmington is reading 0.9 ft ABOVE prediction (7 min ago). Wind is holding water in. That gauge is 18.8 nm away, so treat this as the regional trend rather than your basin.

measured 3.77 ft · predicted 2.89 ft · +0.9 ft · NOAA 8658120 · regional

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

24.8 nm

by the waterway

Run time

73 min

arrive about 5:19 PM

Fuel, round trip

26.2 gal

17% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

2m late

you would finish after sunset

On the ICWstatute mile 309

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 & dineProvision Company0.2 nmSE 🛻RampDutchman Creek Boat Ramp2.0 nmWNW 🛥Public dockCarolina Beach Municipal Docks9.5 nmNE

Nearest artificial reefAR-425 Yaupon Beach Reef4.8 nmWSW

30 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

FuelGas + diesel, high flow

ServicesHaul out, repair, ship store

Busy seasonOct-Nov snowbird run

Full serviceDieselICW stop

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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.