Wrightsville Beach

ICW Shoaling — Wrightsville to Masonboro

ICW mile 285

NOAA ENC chart tiles · planning aid, not for navigation

⚠ Hazard

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Right now at this spot

oldest reading 38 min ago

Sporty

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

The sea state in that call was measured 6.1 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

Wind now

N 7 kt

JMPN7, 2.1 nm off · 38 min ago

Gusting

11 kt

JMPN7, 2.1 nm off · 38 min ago

Seas now

2.6 ft

13s period · 41110, 6.1 nm off · 38 min ago

Tide

3.9 ft

rising · high 17:38

Water and airWater 71°FAir 69°F

NDBC JMPN7 · Wrightsville Beach (2.1 nm) · NDBC 41110 · Masonboro Inlet (6.1 nm) · NOAA 8658145 Shinn Point, ICWW · MLLW

What a local would tell you

Chronic shoaling stretch on the ICW south of the Wrightsville bridge. The channel edges creep in between dredgings — stay mid-channel and do not cut the markers, however much water your plotter claims.

The tide today

3.9 ft right now

Next high 17:38 · 4.3 ft3.7 ft range today

Best window to be here. Aim for the window around high water at 05:08 or 17:38 — this spot is tide-sensitive.

Why the tide decides this one

It is flagged for shoaling or hazard in the dataset.
Tagged shoaling.

Sunrise 7:22 AM · Sunset 6:29 PM2h 21m of light left

NOAA CO-OPS 8658145 · Shinn Point, ICWW · MLLW · live predictions. Sun times from the NOAA solar algorithm for this position.

Wrightsville Beach is reading 1.3 ft ABOVE prediction (8 min ago). Wind is holding water in.

measured 5.49 ft · predicted 4.18 ft · +1.3 ft · NOAA 8658163

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

1.7 nm

by the waterway

Run time

17 min

arrive about 4:24 PM

Fuel, round trip

1.4 gal

1% of your 150 gal

Home before dark

1h 47m

to spare, leaving now, out and back

On the ICWstatute mile 285

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 outSeapath Yacht Club1.2 nmNE 🍤Dock & dineFish House Grill1.2 nmNNE 🛻RampWrightsville Beach Public Ramp1.5 nmNNE 🛥Public dockRiverwalk Public Docks7.0 nmWNW

Nearest artificial reefAR-370 Meares Harris Reef3.7 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

TypeRecurring ICW shoal

RuleMid-channel, honour every marker

ChartsGo stale fast here

ShoalingICWChronic

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✈ Brief this trip Map

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.