Point/Scuppernong River Anchorage Lat/Lon: 35 55.794 North/076 17.745 West Location: on the waters west of the point of land, west of marker #4 Depth: 7 feet Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 60 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Good, but somewhat open to western winds, and wide open to fresh northwesterly breezes
Eastern Shore/Scuppernong River Anchorage Lat/Lon: 35 55.642 North/076 16.701 West Location: some 100 yards off the Scuppernong River’s eastern banks, northeast of marker #5 Depth: 5 to 6 feet Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 60 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Good, except open to western and particularly northwestern winds
South Shore/Scuppernong River Anchorage Lat/Lon: 35 55.190 North/076 16.859 West Location: anchorage will be found southwest of marker #7, and west of the entrance to Cypress Cove Marina Depth: 5 feet, if and only if you anchor well north and northwest of the cove’s southern banks Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Very good, though particularly strong northern winds might be a problem Dinghy Dock Access: dinghies can be landed at a public launching ramp complex on the upstream end of a man-made canal, making into the river’s southern banks, south of #7. This stream also provides access to Cypress Cove Marina. To access the launching ramps, bypass the entrance to the marina dockage basin, which will open out east of the canal. Continue straight ahead to the ramps. Nearby Provisioning: deli/small convenience store within walking distance on Highway 64, several blocks to the south and west Pet Friendly: pets can be walked around the public launching craft area, described above
Upstream Scuppernong River Anchorage Lat/Lon: 35 55.445 North/076 15.632 West Location: lies northeast of marker #10 Depth: 8 feet Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 48 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Good, but wide open to northwesterly winds Dinghy Dock Access: cruisers can land their dinghies at the Columbia City docks, guarding the stream’s eastern banks, just short of the charted, fixed bridge. Nearby Provisioning: the downtown business district, with several restaurants and a locally produced wine shop are within easy walking distance of the town docks. It is a 4 block walk to the nearest convenience store, and a very long walk to local Food Lion supermarket lying east of downtown Columbia on Highway 64 Pet Friendly: pets can be taken ashore at a small, public park just behind the town docks described above
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 Depth: 5 to 6 feet Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, open to southern and southeastern winds Dinghy Dock Access: you can easily dinghy ashore at the free, “gazebo city dock” just north of this anchorage Nearby Provisioning: “The Stockade” well stocked convenience store within walking distance of the free city dock; local taxi service necessary to access supermarkets on Highway 64 Pet Friendly: pets can be taken ashore and walked on a narrow strip of grass behind and upstream of the free dock, and stretching to Manteo Waterfront Marina
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Chase- June 15, 2012 - 10:15 pm
The Doughs Creek anchorage is a great spot for a NE blow. It blew 20-25 kts over the past two days and there is little fetch and holding is good. My Crealock 34 is riding to a 35 lb CQR and a 33 lb Bruce, but the Bruce is probably not necessary. The dock is a short ride in the dink and everything you could need is at your feet, including the outer banks. It is mid-June, and the beaches are closed to swimming, it is a heck of a nor’ easter for this time of year. Old House channel was a piece of cake but knowing the marking convention ahead of time, prevented confusion. I draw 4.5′ but have no depthsounder and regret I have no report on depths. Surprisingly few cruising vessels here, I guess it is well off the ICW. I’m really enjoying my stay here in Manteo before heading to the Chesapeake. Chase
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 Depth: 8 feet Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent, good harbor for any weather short of a hurricane Dinghy Dock Access: the long popular dinghy dock at the National Park Service docks was destroyed by a hurricane and has not been replaced. Agile crews can climb up from their dinghy via an “emergency ladder.” It’s better to tray and find a spot to temporarily tie up your dink at the nearby (now closed) Community Store, or one of the lightly used inn docks Nearby Provisioning: sadly, nearby historic Ocracoke “Community Store” is now closed, fresh seafood can be purchased within walking distance at the Ocracoke Seafood co-op store located on the harbor’s stores Pet Friendly: the only way to gets pets ashore now is being lucky enough to find a spot to tie up your dinghy at the old Community Store or one of the inn docks. Once ashore, there are plenty of places to walk your pooch or “meow.”
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Dan Greenberg- August 14, 2015 - 11:02 am
Just thought I’d update this. The park service has a very nice floating dock right by the ferry terminal, but if you stay more than three hours you have to pay. They call it their small boat dock rather than a dinghy dock. There is a labeled dinghy dock in front of the grocery store in the square, but there is only one small cleat on it and it is used to secure the bow line of a powerboat in the slip next door. In front of the visitors’ room in the Square, however, there is a very narrow, small dock wedged in next to the fishermen’s exhibit that is in very shallow water. Two kayaks are on a stand in front of it. I’ve asked around and no one knows who it belongs to; and I have parked my dinghy there for two days in the shallow part with a note displayed asking anyone concerned to call me if I am required to move. No calls yet so I think this is probably a pretty good place to park a dink.
Have been advised that the dinghy dock is back in operation at the Park Service docks, between those docks and the ferries in its old location. Great news!
We made our annual trip to Ocracoke this past weekend and anchored in Silver Lake. Silver Lake has great holding, 10-foot depths and can hold a good 20 boats. The water is a good clarity enough so I could clean the hull and running gear, but still gets some sediment from the ferry traffic. Last year, you could get free wifi in Silver Lake, but this year no longer. There is a “Silver Lake Harbor” site broadcasting, but it is password-protected, with no opportunity to access – free, paid, or otherwise. This was disappointing, but that’s life. 3G still works. Someone is missing the boat (pun intended) by not having a free log-on through an ad-sponsored portal. Ben Matthews
Have been here several times. Most recently the Saturday after Hurricane Earl. Silver Lake is very nice and relaxing. Nice to just bring the boat in and tinker. Cannot beat the view. Ocracoke is in a whole other pace and time zone. Very slow and nice. It’s especially nice after high season is done.
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 Depth: 5 feet if and only if you can keep to the sparsely marked channel Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage 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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steve young- November 27, 2010 - 11:43 am
We spent a few days anchored here in May of 2010. It is pretty remote which we liked. Some crab pots to negotiate but good holding. Had no trouble at all navigating to the anchorage. A good jumping off place for a quick trip over to Ocracoke. Steve on S/V Cross Roads
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 Depth: 4 1/2 feet Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Good in all but strong southwesterly winds
Southern Deep Bay Anchorage Lat/Lon: 35 21.902 North/076 22.442 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 Depth: 6 feet (if entry from Rose Bay is used) Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage 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
Eastern Deep Bay Anchorage Lat/Lon: 35 21.946 North/076 21.999 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 Depth: 6 feet (if entry from Rose Bay is used) Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage 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
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 Pamlico Sound Depth: 5 1/2 feet Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Poor, fair weather anchorage only
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 Pamlico Sound Depth: 6 feet Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage 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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W. Merriman- June 4, 2014 - 10:44 pm
First of all, shame on me for my poor chart reading. This anchorage is a long way off Pamlico Sound. The route in is fairly easy with a chart plotter. Had plenty of water under the boat all the way in. There was 8 feet of water in the anchorage. The winds were out of the West @ 21kts when I anchored and got settled in. The boat did a lot of swinging and turning. Not much bouncing though which was nice. Some time during the night I dragged the anchor a bit. When I hoisted the anchor this morning, it came up clean so I am unable to say what the bottom is like. Grass maybe?? This anchorage is in a marsh. There is no “land” nearby, so there is no stretching your legs or giving your pets a break. I was in the anchorage by myself. Had one boat come by the next morning. Other than that it was peaceful. The Air Force bombing range was active but too far away to see anything.
Little Alligator River Anchorage Statute Mile: 82 Lat/Lon: near 35 55.826 North/076 01.567 West Location: off the Alligator River’s western shoreline, west of flashing daybeacon #10 Depth: 6-foot depths, but entrance channel is unmarked and tricky Special Comment: Use of a GPS chartplotter is recommended to enter this anchorage safely Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Very good
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Spent a night here in Oct. 2013. We had a NE wind about 15 knts. so we went all the way in just around Rocky pt. and anchored in 7 ft. of water. Had no problems. Two other boats spent the night with us. Did have lots of crab pots at the mouth. Just follow your chart plotter and the depths will match whats on the chart. At least my did. All in all I would rate this as a good anchorage. Danny Styons
The Little Alligator River anchorage is an excellent spot to wait out weather for either crossing the Albemarle Sound or heading south on the Alligator River. Either of these can be very unpleasant if the winds are high and from the wrong direction. Turn east into the Little Alligator anywhere between red “10” to green “11” and you will find 10 or more feet of water at the entrance. One other thing that requires caution is the number of floats around the entrance and in the river itself. Although there are quite a few, there is also plenty of space to pass between the floats, but vigilance is required. Once inside the Little Alligator River, the floats disappear. We aren’t sure why this is, but we have seen this in several rivers in North Carolina. We found the depths in the river to be about two feet deeper than charted. Keep in mind that winds can affect the depths in the Alligator River and all connecting waters. The depths we found may be the norm, but may not be what other boaters find. Using the chartplotter, follow the deeper water behind Sandy Point or the wider and deeper water past Mill Point if winds are out of the east. Wind protection from any direction can be found for boats of almost any draft under seven feet. Pull in towards the shore, based on protection needed and as far in as draft will allow. There are visible stumps in some areas and the remains of an old wreck to the south between the entrance and Mill Point. Continuing in the river past Mill Point is a wide, deeper basin south of Rock Point that gives all around protection. Because there is the possibility of stumps and snags on the bottom all along the rivers of this area, a trip line on the anchor might be a good idea. This will be helpful to pull the anchor out in reverse if it becomes seriously snagged. Be sure the trip line is strong enough to take the strain of pulling the anchor loose and long enough to get it up on deck and attach it to the windlass or a winch. We found this to be an excellent anchorage and sat out several storms in complete comfort and security. Chuck Baier and Susan Landry, Trawler Beach House
I have a Pearson 424 that draws 5′ 8″. I use this spot almost every year with no problems. I do go slow entering but find plenty of space once in. Bill Bartlett S/V Memento Mori
Spent the night on the hook in Little Alligator River, behind Sandy Point (St M 81). Anchorage; easy to get in, plenty of water and all to ourselves, but wind switched hard out of NE in early AM and got messy in there. Our fault for not heeding forecasted front. John Thayer M/V Anna Suzanne
South Lake – Broad Creek Anchorage Statute Mile: 82 Lat/Lon: 35 55.020 North/075 54.875 West Location: combined entrance to East Lake and South Lake lies along the Alligator River’s easterly shoreline, east of AICW marker #10; anchorage lies just northeast of Broad Creek’s mouth, found along South Lake’s southwesterly shores Depth: 5-foot depths, but entrance channel is unmarked Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Special Comment: Use of a GPS chartplotter strongly recommended to safely run entrance channel past Lake Point Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Very good Dinghy Dock Access: dinghies can be landed at a little used launching ramp, on the western shores of Broad Creek, in the body of this stream’s sharp turn to the south Pet Friendly: pets can be walked ashore at the Broad Creek launching ramp (see above)
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East and South Lake Anchorages Statute Mile: 82 Lat/Lon: 35 54.904 North/075 53.961 West Location: combined entrance to East Lake and South Lake lies along the Alligator River’s easterly shoreline, east of AICW marker #10; anchorage lies southeast of Boranges Point, off South Lake’s northeasterly shores Minimum Depth: 5-foot depths, but entrance channel is unmarked Navigation Detail:Click Here For Navigational Detail of this Anchorage Special Comment: Use of a GPS chartplotter strongly recommended to safely run entrance channel past Lake Point Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Very good Dinghy Dock Access: dinghies can be landed at a little used launching ramp, on the western shores of Broad Creek, in the body of this stream’s sharp turn to the south Pet Friendly: pets can be walked ashore at the Broad Creek launching ramp (see above)
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Just noticed the statement for sufficient room for 38 foot vessels, every boat in here tonight is over 40 feet. Can’t believe the room back here. So much room, a beautiful anchorage.
Heading northbound. Winds were howling today, gusts to 30 mph. Hopeful that the bridge would open. Great bridgetender. Went to the anchorage in Little Alligator River…nasty, crossed the river to the East & South Lakes. Followed our GPS to the middle of the South Lake. Five boats anchored here tonight in very calm water despite the 15 MPH winds. Will definitely keep this anchorage in mind the next time we are in the area. Our 5’5″ draft had no problem getting in here! (3/29/12)
We anchored between the two 8 foot depths off Boranges Point on July 15, 2009. We had about 7.5 feet of depth. Beautiful, remote anchorage with no cell phone (Verizon) or aircard reception. We cruise with a dog, so a place to get ashore is important. Found one along a grassy shore on Boranges Point, near the 3 foot depth mark. Other areas on shore with cypress trees had knees, making a dinghy landing difficult. We were relatively far from shore, but did not try to get closer. As we moved south into South Lake, water depths seemed to fall off sharply, and we stopped going farther south. Our anchorage was at 35-55.813, 75-54.960. We had good holding.
Second Creek Anchorage Statute Mile: 88 Lat/Lon: 35 51.647 North/076 03.481 West Location: west of ICW/Alligator River’s flashing daybeacon #18 Minimum Depth: 5 feet Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet Foul Weather Shelter: fair, open to strong southern, eastern and southeastern winds
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The Straits – Catfish Point Anchorage Statute Mile: 98 Lat/Lon: 35 46.030 North/076 03.430 West Location: the creek known as `The Straits’ flanks the Alligator River’s western shore, west-northwest of AICW marker #26; anchorage lies west of Catfish Point Minimum Depth: 5 feet but entrance channel is VERY difficult Special Comment: GPS chartplotter and cruising guide REQUIRED to make a safe entry into this anchorage Swing Room: sufficient for vessels as large as 38 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Good, but open to fresh southern and southeasterly winds
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The Straits Anchorages Statute Mile: 98 Lat/Lon:35 45.982 North/076 03.817 West Location: the creek known as `The Straits’ flanks the Alligator River’s western shore, west-northwest of AICW marker #26; anchorage lies east of Lyons Point Minimum Depth: 5 feet but entrance channel is VERY difficult Special Comment: GPS chartplotter REQUIRED to make a safe entry into this anchorage Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet Foul Weather Shelter: Very good
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