Reef · Cape Fear, North Carolina
Yaupon Beach Reef (AR-425)
A North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries artificial reef (AR-425) in the Long Bay region. NC DMF records the site center 326.5° magnetic - 7.4 nm from Cape Fear River Sea Buoy, 252° magnetic - 3.8 nm from Oak Island Light, or 87.1° magnetic - 6.3 nm from Lockswood's Folly Inlet Sea Buoy. Deployed material reaches about 380 m from that point. Also on the reef: a floating drydock.
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Quick facts
| Type | Reef |
|---|---|
| Seabed depth | 9.7 m (32 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 33.8842°N, 78.1095°W |
| From Oak Island Lighthouse | 6.8 km (4.2 mi), bearing 261° W |
| Source | NC DMF Artificial Reef Guide |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Oak Island Lighthouse, 6.8 km (4.2 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this reef over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Cape Fear, with its distance and depth, and it works with no signal.
Nearby
- Oak Island PierPier · 3.1 km
- Oak IslandIsland · 3.1 km
- YsdShipwreck · 5.5 m · 3.5 km
- HT-85Shipwreck · 5.4 m · 3.5 km
- Tom McGlammery Reef (AR-420)Reef · 12.1 m · 3.7 km
- Potter BargeShipwreck · 12.1 m · 3.8 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.