Public ramp · Pender County · North Carolina
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Wind and seas look good.
Buoy 41038 · 3.5 mi away
Updated 12 min ago
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Surf City is a public boat ramp in Pender County, North Carolina, on Topsail Sound. From here SeaStatus scores 3 waters: S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM (Area 2 of 5), Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm (Area 7 of 7) and Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Segment 7 of 10).
The main water here is Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Segment 7 of 10). The Intracoastal Waterway is protected water, so wave height is not part of its score. It is scored mostly on wind, since a long open reach can still build a chop, and on the current where tides run through. Wind, and waves where it reports them, come from NDBC buoy 41038, and tide predictions come from NOAA station 8657419, Ocean City Beach (fishing pier), the closest one to here. Its conditions are read at a reference point on the water about 3.5 mi from this ramp.
Scores are decision support, not a substitute for your own judgment or the official NWS forecast. Read the limits.
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Sources · NOAA Tide Station 8657419 · NDBC Buoy 41038