Wilmington

The George on the Riverwalk

Direct dock

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

🍤 Dock & dine

Dock & dine — direct. Dock or slips at the restaurant.

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⚠ Coastal Flood Advisory

Coastal Flood Advisory issued October 22 at 2:07PM EDT until October 22 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC

Live · National Weather Service, for this position

Right now at this spot

oldest reading 35 min ago

Sporty

Small boats will get beat up. Pick your heading and slow down.

The sea state in that call was measured 13.1 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
· Coastal Flood Advisory in effect — National Weather Service

Wind now

N 7 kt

JMPN7, 8.4 nm off · 35 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

JMPN7, 8.4 nm off · 35 min ago

Seas now

2.6 ft

13s period · 41110, 13.1 nm off · 35 min ago

Tide

3.0 ft

rising · high 19:23

Water and airWater 71°FAir 69°F

NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (8.4 nm) · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (13.1 nm) · NOAA 8658120 Wilmington · MLLW

What a local would tell you

90 ft private dock right on the Riverwalk, and they actively want boaters. Same Cape Fear current caveat as everywhere on this stretch.

The tide today

3.0 ft right now

Next high 19:23 · 4.7 ft4.0 ft range today

Best window to be here. Any tide works here. High water 06:58 and 19:23, low 01:08 and 13:26.

Sunrise 7:23 AM · Sunset 6:29 PM2h 24m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8658120 · Wilmington · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Wilmington is reading 0.9 ft ABOVE prediction (5 min ago). Wind is holding water in.

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

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.

Getting there

from Wrightsville Beach

Distance

8.8 nm

by the waterway

Run time

36 min

arrive about 4:40 PM

Fuel, round trip

9.0 gal

6% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

1h 13m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWoff channel · 6.8 nm from mile 286

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

🛥Public dockRiverwalk Public Docks0.0 nmSSE ⛽Fuel · Marina · Pump outPort City Marina0.4 nmNNW 🛻RampTrails End Park Ramp6.8 nmSE

Nearest artificial reefAR-370 Meares Harris Reef10.7 nmESE

52 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

Docking90 ft private dock

Walk toRiverwalk, downtown

Direct dockRiverwalk

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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.