Anchorage

Big Island

3.0United StatesCarolinas and Georgia

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Shelter: W, SW, S, SE
Seabed: mud
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage near the mouth of the Alligator River on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, coastal North Carolina.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Anchor in the river clear of the AICW channel, on a mud bottom. The water is open and low-lying, with shelter from the west through south to south-east only and a long fetch in northerly weather. The Alligator River swing bridge carrying US 64 opens on signal on VHF channel 13 and closes when the wind exceeds 35 knots, so plan a passage to clear it.

Practical

Alligator River Marina lies 1.9 nm to the south-east, by the bridge, and is the only readily available fuel and dockage on this stretch of the AICW between Coinjock and Belhaven. Cypress Cove Marina is 11.3 nm to the west.