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SAFETY/BEAUFORT INLET/ATON/SEC SNC BNM 0160-26
BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL RANGE REAR LT (LLNR 29315) RPTD EXTINGUISHED. BT
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On October 2, 2025, the Coast Guard issued:
SAFETY/NC – BEAUFORT INLET/ATON/SEC SNC BNM 0337-25
which stated the
BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LIGHTED BUOY 14 (LLNR 29310) IS REPORTED MISSING.
We recently received a report from Carlos in the Spanish town of Muxía that a number 14 buoy has been found there. We can’t confirm it is the same buoy, but it seems like a possibility. That would be a ~3,600 NM distance over approximately 70 days or averaging about 2 knots. See the map image below for the route the buoy would have taken.
 ON DECEMBER 31ST, A SAFETY ZONE WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR A FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON THE BEAUFORT RIVER ADJACENT TO THE BEAUFORT WATERFRONT. THE SAFETY ZONE INCLUDES ALL WATERS WITHIN A 150-YARD RADIUS OF THE FIREWORKS BARGE FROM 8PM TO 10PM. NO VESSELS OR PERSONS MAY ENTER, TRANSIT THROUGH, ANCHOR WITHIN, OR REMAIN WITHIN THE DESIGNATED AREA UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY ON-SCENE OFFICIAL PATROL. |
Cape Lookout Bight is a wonderful, natural harbor formed by Cape Lookout’s curve of land. This superb anchorage, one of the most popular in North Carolina, The channel between Harkers Island and Cape Lookout Lighthouse has been widened to 100 feet with depths ranging from 7 to 9 feet. This is good news for cruisers wishing to anchor in Cape Lookout Bight southeast of Beaufort.
Click here for Cape Lookout dredging, beach nourishment work complete
Read more at Coastal Review, coastalreview.org.
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window Zoomed To the Location of Cape Lookout Bight
Lat/Lon: 34 37.395 North/076 32.931 West
Cape Lookout National Seashore is a certified International Dark Sky Park. Photo: Alex Gu/Crystal Coast Stargazers
Click here for ‘Discover the Night’ during the Crystal Coast Star Party
CoastalReview.org
The Atlantic Hotel, a long-gone Morehead City attraction, is shown in 1909. Photo: Tabitha Marie DeVisconti Papers, East Carolina University Digital Collections
Click here for Long a destination, Morehead City on road to change
CoastalReview.org
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Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Morehead City Yacht Basin
Morehead City is in the center of coastal Cataret County, NC.
In our county history series: Colonial beginnings, Civil War battles, maritime industry, fishing, tourism and coastal living among Carteret’s numerous draws.
Click here for Carteret County’s history, amenities have long lured
CoastalReview.org
The 25th Blessing of the Fleet in Morehead City is set for Sunday morning and the Swansboro Blessing of the Fleet is Oct. 7.
Two events set to pay tribute to fishing industry, families
CoastalReview.org
Shackleford Banks is a barrier island running roughly east/west between Cape Lookout and Beaufort Inlet.
121 horses on Shackleford Banks at end of 2021: report
CoastalReview.org
Cape Lookout National Seashore has been certified as a Dark Sky Place, the first in the National Park Service on the Atlantic coast to receive this certification. The popular Cape Lookout Bight anchorage is practically in the shadow of Cape Lookout Lighthouse. In rough offshore weather, cruisers with shallow draft may choose to access the anchorage via Taylor Creek and Barden Inlet which separates Shackleford Banks and Core Banks. See Dark Sky Park.
Cape Lookout Lighthouse under the night sky. Photo: Alex Gu/Crystal Coast Stargazers
Cape Lookout is now a certified International Dark Sky Park
CoastalReview.org
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Cape Lookout Bight
David Cecelski looks further into the work of photographer Charles A. Farrell, who documented fishing communities across the North Carolina coast in 1930s, including the menhaden industry in Beaufort and Southport.
Our Coast’s History: Menhaden Fishing Days
CoastalReview.org
To access the Cape Lookout Anchorage when the oceanside waters are kicking up, cruisers with shallow draft who wish to anchor in Cape Lookout Bight may choose to access the anchorage via Taylor Creek and Barden Inlet which separates Shackleford Banks and Core Banks. See Numerous ATON Changes.
Waters near Cape Lookout have become increasingly perilous because of shoaling and shifting channels, despite a two-year-old agreement between Carteret County and the National Park Service that has provided more than $5.67 million for dredging.
More boaters finding trouble in waters near Cape Lookout
CoastalReview.org
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