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Surf City
Surf City Public Ramp
ICW mile 260
NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation
🛻 Ramp
Right now at this spot
oldest reading 37 min agoSporty
Small boats will get beat up. Pick your heading and slow down.
The sea state in that call was measured 18.9 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, 17.5 nm off · 37 min ago
Gusting
11 kt
JMPN7, 17.5 nm off · 37 min ago
Seas now
2.6 ft
13s period · 41110, 18.9 nm off · 37 min ago
Water and airWater 71°FAir 69°F
NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (17.5 nm) · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (18.9 nm) · NOAA 8657813 Hampstead · MLLW
What a local would tell you
Right by the high-rise bridge with quick access to both the sound and the inlet run. Popular with trailer boats working the Topsail flats.
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.
Getting there
from Wrightsville BeachDistance
21.9 nm
by the waterway
Run time
66 min
arrive about 5:12 PM
Fuel, round trip
23.1 gal
15% of your 150 gal
Home before dark
9m
to spare, leaving now, out and back
On the ICWstatute mile 260
Worked out for
a typical 26 ft centre console · 2 ft draft · 26 kt cruise · 14 gph
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⚓MarinaBush Marina5.7 nmSW⛽Fuel · Pump outHarbour Village Marina9.0 nmWSW🍤Dock & dineThe Landing at New River17.8 nmNNE🛥Public dockRiverwalk Marina (Olde Towne)20.4 nmNNE
Nearest artificial reefAR-360 Topsail Reef5.4 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.
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Know before you go
AccessTopsail Sound + ICW
ParkingModerate
NearbySurf City bridge
RampFlats access
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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.