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Posts: 52
Location: Wilmington NC
Location: Wilmington NC
Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:31 am
I have been out of the boating picture due to work . Any update on how TI is . Last time I went through was end of last year. Thanks
Posts: 182
Location: Wilmington, NC
Location: Wilmington, NC
Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:59 am
I would love to know myself, I'll be putting in at Hampstead Marina now, and would love to shoot right out of there.
I did find this caution yesterday from Jan2018, so I'm thinking it's still pretty squirrely:
https://www.waterwayguide.com/nav-alert/4-5623/nc-inlet-caution-new-topsail
I did find this caution yesterday from Jan2018, so I'm thinking it's still pretty squirrely:
https://www.waterwayguide.com/nav-alert/4-5623/nc-inlet-caution-new-topsail
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Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:57 am
There have been reports by commercials and a few recs that the inlet has become very shoaled up on the bar. Hear of a 23' single outboard bouncing off the bar at low tide at the bottom of a wave 2 times. Have heard multiple reports of white water all the way across the bar.
Be careful.
Army Corps is supposed to survey again in early April.
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Be careful.
Army Corps is supposed to survey again in early April.
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Location: Sneads Ferry
Location: Sneads Ferry
Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:36 pm
went out & int NTI on 4/1 no problem. came back in around dead low tide. shallowest marked 3'-4'.
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Location: Wilmington NC
Location: Wilmington NC
Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:26 pm
I go out of Hampstead Marina as well. Thanks for the link BeachBumHeel.
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Location: Hampstead NC
Location: Hampstead NC
Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:58 am
| aftergolf wrote: |
| There have been reports by commercials and a few recs that the inlet has become very shoaled up on the bar. Hear of a 23' single outboard bouncing off the bar at low tide at the bottom of a wave 2 times. Have heard multiple reports of white water all the way across the bar.
Be careful. Army Corps is supposed to survey again in early April. |
If you heard that from chip he was talking about me..when we went out a few weeks ago it was shallow! STI is the only inlet I go out of know it pretty well but it seems like this year it's been different every time I go out.
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Location: Wilmington NC
Location: Wilmington NC
Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:39 am
est922, Can you navigate it at low tide or is it shallow at high tide as well. I know when I went out at the end of the year it was a little pucker factor going out. It doesn't sound very safe going into the new year. Thanks for all the help.
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Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:12 am
| est922 wrote: | ||
If you heard that from chip he was talking about me..when we went out a few weeks ago it was shallow! STI is the only inlet I go out of know it pretty well but it seems like this year it's been different every time I go out. |
Yep from Chip, he said it was not good.
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Location: Hampstead NC
Location: Hampstead NC
Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:30 pm
| laguna18 wrote: |
| est922, Can you navigate it at low tide or is it shallow at high tide as well. I know when I went out at the end of the year it was a little pucker factor going out. It doesn't sound very safe going into the new year. Thanks for all the help. |
We broke the inlet around 7 and low tide was at 8 so it was pretty much there. Low tide is the only struggle
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Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:11 am
Haven't been up there in a while, but using the boating app at home or the chart viewer online for free always gives me an idea of what to expect when planning.
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Location: Wallace, NC
Location: Wallace, NC
Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:06 am
Hate to say it, but that chart is useless right now. The buoys are accurate, but shoaling has occurred throughout the “channel” the buoys mark. Would not depend on that during a low tide or low light travel without thoroughly checking planned route under daylight conditions.
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Location: Creedmoor/Surf City
Location: Creedmoor/Surf City
Fri May 04, 2018 11:15 am
Can anyone tell me if the same track that I used back in late October out of Topsail would still be about the same line as you are using now.I know I would still need to read the water when heading out but would my track from last year be a good starting point. I have looked at the latest survey but just wanted to ask from someone who has been out a few times this year. I would be coming down Banks Channel. Thanks for the help.
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Location: Topsail Beach
Location: Topsail Beach
Fri May 04, 2018 6:18 pm
The track you likely ran last October is a good starting point if you ran from the backside of Topsail. BUT the track is slightly right of last years run and once you “see” the new route it pretty much is a straight shot but you end up way right of where you ended up in the ocean last year. The outside mouth is more towards Lee Island than in the past. Suggest a daylight run the first time. Don’t get too far right because it’s shoals quickly. Was pretty easy to read 3 weeks ago. We found 4.5’ at low tide going out.
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Location: Creedmoor/Surf City
Location: Creedmoor/Surf City
Sun May 06, 2018 6:15 pm
Thanks for the info.
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