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Swansboro
Swansboro Yacht Basin
ICW mile 230
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⚓ Marina
⚠ Small Craft Advisory
Small Craft Advisory issued October 22 at 3:15PM EDT until October 26 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Live · National Weather Service, for this position
Right now at this spot
oldest reading 1 hour agoRough — bigger boats only
Experienced crews in bigger hulls. Everyone else will have a bad day.
The sea state in that call was measured 29.8 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
- · Small Craft Advisory in effect — National Weather Service
Wind now
N 3 kt
BFTN7, 22.4 nm off · 48 min ago
Gusting
8 kt
BFTN7, 22.4 nm off · 48 min ago
Seas now
3.6 ft
15s period · 41159, 29.8 nm off · 1 hour ago
Tide
1.3 ft
rising · high 19:02
Inside the waterway
Adjacent sounds and rivers moderate chop
Water and airWater 74°F
NDBC BFTN7 · Beaufort (22.4 nm) · NDBC 41159 · Onslow Bay (29.8 nm) · NOAA 8656613 Swansboro · MLLW
What a local would tell you
Protected basin just off the ICW below downtown. Quieter than the Front Street docks and a short ride in.
The tide today
1.3 ft right nowNext high 19:02 · 2.0 ft1.4 ft range today
Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 06:37 and 19:02, low 00:44 and 13:02.
Sunrise 7:20 AM · Sunset 6:26 PM2h 20m of light left
NOAA CO-OPS 8656613 · Swansboro · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.
Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab is reading 1.4 ft ABOVE prediction (6 min ago). Wind is holding water in. That gauge is 22.5 nm away, so treat this as the regional trend rather than your basin.
measured 4.44 ft · predicted 3.05 ft · +1.4 ft · NOAA 8656483 · regional
Getting there
from Wrightsville BeachDistance
53.0 nm
by the waterway
Run time
138 min
arrive about 6:23 PM
Fuel, round trip
56.5 gal
38% of your 150 gal
Home before dark
2h 15m late
you would finish after sunset
On the ICWstatute mile 230
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⛽Fuel · Pump outCasper's Marina0.3 nmNE🛥Public dockChurch Street Town Dock0.3 nmNE🍤Dock & dineSaltwater Grill0.4 nmENE🛻RampCedar Point Boating Access Area0.8 nmESE
Nearest artificial reefAR-3811.0 nmSE
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.
Sign in to add a report. Depths you post get corrected for the tide automatically.
Know before you go
TypeProtected basin
To downtownShort run or drive
ProtectedQuiet
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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.