Manteo/Doughs Creek Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 35 54.537 North/075 40.070 West
Location: east of cottage/screw pile lighthouse monument, and well northwest of Shallowbag Bay Channel marker #10
Minimum Depth: 5 to 6 feet
Special Note: you can easily dinghy ashore at the free, “gazebo city dock” just north of this anchorage
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good but somewhat open to southern and southeastern winds

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Ocracoke/Silver Lake Harbor Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 35 06.774 North/075 59.056 West
Location: in the heart of Ocracoke Island’s Silver Lake Harbor, east of markers #7 and #8
Minimum Depth: 8 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent, good harbor for any weather short of a hurricane

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Juniper Bay/Pamlico Sound Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 35 22.727 North/076 15.282 West
Location: anchorage lies north, northwest of Juiniper Bay’s marker #6; Juniper Bay cuts the northern shores of southwestern Pamlico Sound east of Great Island Narrows, and north, northwest of marker #2
Minimum Depth: 5 feet if and only if you can keep to the sparsely marked channel
Special Note: Use of a GPS chartplotter to safely enter and exit Juniper Bay is highly recommended
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 42 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Very Good, only strong southern or southwesterly winds might be a problem

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Northern Rose Bay Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 35 26.933 North/076 24.997 West
Location: anchorage lies northeast of Rose Bay’s marker #6; Rose Bay indents the northern shores of southwestern Pamlico Sound, west of Swanquarter and Swanquarter Bay
Minimum Depth: 4 1/2 feet
Special Note: safely entering and leaving this anchorage can be navigationally difficult – the use of a GPS chartplotter to aid in this process is strongly recommended
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good in all but strong southwesterly winds

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Southern Deep Bay Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 35 21.946 North/076 21.999 West
Location: anchorage is found along the southern shores of Deep Bay, southeast of marker #1; Deep Bay runs southeast from the southerly reaches of Rose Bay, which is itself west of Swanquarter and Swanquarter Bay
Minimum Depth: 6 feet (if entry from Rose Bay is used)
Special Note: This anchorage can be entered from Rose Bay, or by way of a charted canal running southwest from Swanquarter Bay; the Rose Bay route is the deeper of the two, but navigators are strongly urged to use a GPS chartplotter while navigating either route
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 48 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, well sheltered from southern, southwestern and southeastern winds, but wide open to northwesterly breezes and somewhat open to northern winds

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Eastern Deep Bay Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 35 21.902 North/076 22.442 West
Location: anchorage is found along the eastern shores of Deep Bay, south, southwest of marker #2; Deep Bay runs southeast from the southerly reaches of Rose Bay, which is itself west of Swanquarter and Swanquarter Bay
Minimum Depth: 6 feet (if entry from Rose Bay is used)
Special Note: This anchorage can be entered from Rose Bay, or by way of a charted canal running southwest from Swanquarter Bay; the Rose Bay route is the deeper of the two, but navigators are strongly urged to use a GPS chartplotter while navigating either route
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 48 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, well sheltered from southern, southwestern and southeastern winds, but wide open to northwesterly breezes and somewhat open to northern winds

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Long Bay – West Bay Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 34 57.629 North/076 26.975 West
Location: lies west of Long Bay’s marker #4; Long Bay runs southwest from West Bay; West Bay cuts the extreme southern shore of Albemarle Sound
Minimum Depth: 5 1/2 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor, fair weather anchorage only

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West Thorofare Bay – West Bay Anchorage
Lat/Lon: 34 56.585 North/076 23.529 West
Location: west of marker West Thorofare Bay’s #11WB; West Thorofare Bay lies south of West Bay; West Bay cuts the extreme southern shore of Albemarle Sound
Minimum Depth: 6 feet
Special Note: this anchorage is subject to wake from commercial fishing vessels entering and exiting nearby Thorofare Canal
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, except wide open to northern winds

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