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Please Note That Anchorages Below Are Listed in Rough Geographic Format, Moving North to South

St. Augustine Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 578
Lat/Lon: near 32 03.699 North/080 59.113 West
Location: on the waters of St. Augusine Creek, southeast of this stream’s first crook-like turn to the east, – St. Augustine Creek departs the ICW south of unlighted daybeacon #8
Minimum Depth: 18-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good except in particularly strong southeast winds
Rating:
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Herb River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 584.5
Lat/Lon: near 32 00.776 North/081 02.174 West
Location: lies south-southwest of the Waterway’s flashing daybeacon #37
Minimum Depth: 7-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent, except in unusually strong westerly wind
Rating:
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Waterway Anchorage
Statute Mile: 586
Lat/Lon: near 32 00.482 North/081 01.116 West
Location: found in the correctly charted deep water abutting the western banks of the Skidaway River portion of the ICW south of flashing daybeacon #40
Minimum Depth: 10-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to poor; wide open to southern winds
Rating:
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Isle of Hope Anchorage
Statute Mile: 590
Lat/Lon: near 31 58.731 North/081 03.316 West
Location: just northwest of the ICW’s unlighted daybeacon #46A
Minimum Depth: 8 feet
Swing Room: anchorage is often crowded, and boats larger than 40 feet my have trouble finding sufficient elbow room
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, wide open to southwestern winds
Rating:
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Vernon River Anchorages
Statute Mile: 597
Lat/Lon:
31 55.995 North/081 06.949 West (anchorage west of Beaulieu)
31 56.285 North/081 07.430 West (anchorage south of Montgomery)
Location: on the waters of the section of Vernon River abandoned by the ICW, northwest of flashing daybeacon #70; downstream anchorage on the waters west of the charted position of Beaulieu; upstream anchorage south of the charted position of Montgomery
Minimum Depth: 8 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to Good; Beaulieu anchorage wide open to southern and southeastern winds; Montgomery Anchorage is better sheltered, particularly to the north, northeast and northwest
Rating:
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Delegal Creek Anchorages
Statute Mile: 601
Lat/Lon: 31 53.650 North/081 03.730 West
Location: on the waters of Delegal Creek, northeast of the ICW’s flashing daybeacon #86 and north of Delegal Creek Marina
Minimum Depth: 4 to 4 ½ foot dead low tide entrance depths, but dredging of the creek’s entrance may take place in 2008
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent except in particularly strong northern winds
Rating:
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Redbird Creek Anchorages
Statute Mile: 607
Lat/Lon:
31 50.570 North/081 09.287 West (anchorage near creeks’ mouth)
31 51.052 North/081 09.666 West (anchorage near turn to the northwest)
Location: on the waters of Redbird Creek, south and west of flashing daybeacon #99
Minimum Depth: 8 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 to 45 feet depending on the particular anchorage chosen
Foul Weather Shelter: Very good
Rating: (particularly for the upstream anchorage)
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Upper Bear River and Associated Streams and Anchorages
Statute Mile: 608.5
Lat/Lon:
31 49.073 North/081 08.539 West (anchorage near forks of Cane Patch Creek and Buckhead Creek
31 48.992 North/081 08.160 West (downstream anchorage on Cane Patch Creek)
31 49.323 North/081 07.383 West (upstream anchorage on Cane Patch Creek)
31 48.455 North/081 08.429 West (anchorage on Buckhead Creek)
Location: many anchorages available on the waters of upper Bear River, Buckhead Creek and Cane Patch Creek, east of the ICW’s unlighted nun buoy #102
Minimum Depth: 11 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels from 34 to 50 feet depending on the particular anchorage chosen
Foul Weather Shelter: Very good
Rating:
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Unnamed Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 612
Lat/Lon: 31 47.874 North/081 10.377 West
Location: on the waters of the charted but unnamed creek, north of flashing daybeacon #105
Minimum Depth: 9-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet – reviewed on pages
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, except open to northern winds
Rating:
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Big Tom Creek Anchorages
Statute Mile: 612.5
Lat/Lon:
31 46.632 North/081 09.251 West (downstream anchorge)
31 46.493 North/081 08.772 West (upstream anchorage)
Location: Big Tom Creek cuts the eastern banks of the ICW, south of flashing daybeacon #105A
Minimum Depth: 9-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter:
Good on downstream anchorage, but open to western and northwesterly winds
Good on upstream anchorage, but open to northeasterly winds
Rating:
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Lincoln Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 614
Lat/Lon: near 31 46.568 North/081 11.776 West
Location: on the waters of Lincoln Creek, cutting south from Kilkenny Creek
Minimum Depth: 7-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor to Fair
Rating:
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Walburg Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 619
Lat/Lon: near 31 40.060 North/081 09.714 West
Location: on the wide waters of Walburg Creek, west of St. Catherines Island, just north of the charted sharp turn to the west
Minimum Depth: 12-feet, but the deeper northern entrance requires bypassing several unmarked shoals, while the creek’s southern entrance from the Waterway is shallow
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Very Good for all but northern and northeasterly winds
Rating:
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Cattle Pen Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 625.5
Lat/Lon: near 31 38.581 North/081 11.040 West
Location: this creek cuts into the eastern banks of the Waterway’s Johnson Creek stretch between unlighted daybeacons #127 and #128
Minimum Depth: 6 ½ feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 32 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor to Fair; open to southwestern and northeasterly wind
Rating:
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Wahoo River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 630
Lat/Lon: near 31 36.083 North/081 12.755 West
Location: located on the waters of Wahoo River, immediately east of charted Wahoo Island, – Wahoo River flows into the the ICW section of South Newport River well west of unlighted daybeacon #133
Minimum Depth: 10-feet, but use of a GPS chartplotter is strongly recommended to facilitate safe entry into Wahoo River
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 42 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent in all but strong western and southwestern winds
Rating:
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Crescent River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 643
Lat/Lon: near 31 30.367 North/081 20.267 West
Location: lies well northwest and north of the ICW’s flashing daybeacon #157
Minimum Depth: 11-feet, but use of a GPS chartplotter is recommended to avoid an unmarked shoal on Crescent River
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Very Good from all but strong northwestern and southeastern winds
Rating:
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New Teakettle Creek Anchorages
Statute Mile: 647
Lat/Lon: 31 26.921 North/081 18.226 West (anchorage near stream’s southern mouth)
31 27.530 North/081 18.213 West (upstream anchorage north of intersection with Mary Creek
Location: New Teakettle Creek cuts to the north, east and north of the Waterway’s unlighted daybeacon #172
Minimum Depth: 20 feet (downstream anchorage), 8 feet (upstream anchorage)
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 42 feet in downstream anchorage and up to 40 feet in upstream anchorage, north of intersection with Mary Creek
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, but downstream anchorage open to southern winds, and upstream anchorage open to strong northeasterly blows
Rating:
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Duplin River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 649
Lat/Lon: 1 25.961 North/081 17.632 West
Location: Duplin River cuts north from the waters of Doboy Sound, northeast of the ICW’s flashing daybeacon #178
Minimum Depth: 12 feet, but a GPS chartplotter would be most useful is successfully bypassing several unmarked shoals flanking Duplin River’s southern mouth
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 48 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, except open to strong southern and northern winds
Rating:
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Folly River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 649
Lat/Lon: near 31 25.599 North/081 20.109 West
Location: Folly River cuts off from Doboy Sound’s southwestern banks well west-northwest of the ICW’s flashing daybeacon #175
Minimum Depth: 10-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 42 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair; wide open to northeasterly winds
Rating:
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Dark Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 649
Lat/Lon: near 31 27.059 North/081 20.124 West
Location: off the northwesterly reaches of Doboy Sound, on the waters of Dark Creek
Minimum Depth: 9-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good from all but strong southwesterly winds
Rating:
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