Reef · Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

AR-376 artificial reef

A North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries artificial reef (AR-376) in the Southern Onslow Bay region. NC DMF records the site center 126.3° magnetic - 9.9 nm from Masonboro Inlet Sea Buoy or 89.5° magnetic - 9.7 nm from Carolina Beach Inlet Sea Buoy. Deployed material reaches about 430 m from that point. Also on the reef: train boxcars (1986).

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Quick facts

TypeReef
Charted depth4.5 m (15 ft) below MLLW
Position34.0547°N, 77.6606°W
From Johnnie Mercer's Pier, Wrightsville Beach21 km (13 mi), bearing 147° SSE
SourceNOAA ENC US3NC1AC; NC DMF Artificial Reef Guide

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Johnnie Mercer's Pier, Wrightsville Beach, 21 km (13 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

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Nearby

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.