As Capt Miller avows: wide swing radius and extra scope can indeed make for a restful night . However, Cedar Creek, a very popular AICW anchorage, found immediately adjacent to the Waterway between Neuse River and Beaufort, NC, can be crowded with other vessels and crab pots. There is also a sunken sailboat practically in the center of the creek’s entrance.

Cruising News:
We anchored in Cedar Creek at mile 187 on 4/27/2012. We motored a swing circle and found the shallows much deeper than charted. We dropped on the 6 foot line in the eastern corner of the anchorage. A longer saiboat had gone even further in to starboard.
The anchor grabbed and held well. With an available swing circle of 600 feet and no other boats anchored nearby, I savored the luxury of paying out extra scope and sleeping soundly.
There appears to be a shoal just northeast of the front range marker, “9”. It is marked with three white pipes. We entered and departed south of “9”.
It’s a tree lined anchorage and the only disturbance was an occassional wake from boats on the ICW (Be careful when cooking over the stove).
Max Miller

Click Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s North Carolina Anchorage Directory Listing For Cedar Creek

Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of the Cedar Creek Anchorage

Click Here To View Another Recent Article on the Cedar Creek Anchorage