Shoal · Nags Head, North Carolina
Oregon Inlet Bar
The ocean bar of Oregon Inlet, which opened in an 1846 hurricane and has migrated south ever since. The bar channel shoals constantly despite dredging and the Coast Guard relocates the buoys as it moves; it is one of the most dangerous inlets on the East Coast in an ebb tide against an easterly swell.
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Quick facts
| Type | Shoal |
|---|---|
| Charted depth | 3 m (10 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 35.7700°N, 75.5150°W |
| From Oregon Inlet bridge | 1.6 km (1.0 mi), bearing 96° E |
| Source | Curated (NOAA AWOIS / NC DMF / NPS) |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Oregon Inlet bridge, 1.6 km (1.0 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 shoal over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Nags Head, with its distance and depth, and it works with no signal.
Nearby
- Bodie IslandIsland · 5.1 km
- Bodie Island ShoalsShoal · 4 m · 5.6 km
- OrientalShipwreck · -0.5 m · 6.3 km
- Bodie Island LighthouseLighthouse · 48 m · 6.9 km
- DionysusShipwreck · 21.9 m · 7.4 km
- Platt ShoalsShoal · 11.2 m · 7.4 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.