streakolean

what wind and tide combinations result in the best and worst conditions to go in and out of beaufort inlet?

thanks

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soundpuppy

best=north

worst =south to southeast

when the wind is out of the north, it you can hug the beach no matter how hard she blows.

wolfpack03

Yeah, outgoing tide combined with a south, southeast, southwest wind makes Beaufort inlet sloppy. Typically, the incoming tide isn't all that bad as long as the wind isn't howling. You can always run down by harkers island and out the drain to Bardens inlet. Bardens is usually a little calmer than Beaufort. I've gone through Bardens many times when Beaufort was hairy.

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rheist

The last time (about 2 weeks ago) I went out of Barden's the ditch was badly shoaled near bouy 28 and you had to hug the outside. Wear polarized glasses and be careful.

feralcat

Out of curiosity, when it's too rough to get out of Beaufort Inlet, where are you going to go when you get out of Barden Inlet? Unless your ultimate destination is the Hook.

streakolean

feralcat, not sure who your question was posed to- but my destination is cape lookout. still learning my way around and want to try both the outside route and thru barden, and do it w/ enough information so the trip is as unexciting as possible!

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wolfpack03

Occasionally, when the tide is hauling azz out of beaufort inlet with a decent sw wind, it is going to be nasty there. Sometimes the seas aren't that bad once you clear the inlet and rough point. Its just that getting through the inlet then can suck big time. Bardens is just a back-up for me when I don't feel like going through Beaufort.

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