🧭 Charting Authority And Chart Numbers Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 NOAA Office of Coast Survey charts cover Neuse River area (examples: Charts 11548, 11552, 11553). 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Aids To Navigation Channel Marking Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Neuse River channel is marked by lights, buoys and daybeacons to about 4 miles above New Bern (34 miles above mouth). 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Notices And Aids Verification Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Consult USCG Light List and Local Notice to Mariners (LNM) / weekly Light Lists for current ATON status and temporary changes. 94% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Authorized Channel Depths And Dredging Project Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 USACE: federal project provides 12-ft channel 10 miles below New Bern; 10‑ft channel 3 miles upstream from New Bern; downstream/upstream channel depths vary by reach. 92% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Prominent Shoal Garbacon Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Garbacon Shoal (about 10 NM above mouth) extends halfway across the river; clear width ≈0.8 nm between 12-ft contours; outer end marked by a light. 90% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Tide Character And Range Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Coast Pilot: 'Neuse River has practically no tide; water-level variation is mainly wind-driven; max variations ~2 ft in lower river, ~3–4 ft at New Bern.' 90% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Local Regulatory Restrictions Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Published safety zone: Neuse River, New Bern — 360‑yard radius around fireworks barge at 35°06'07.1"N, 077°01'35.8"W (July 4 event example). 90% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Inlet Currents Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Tidal currents in the inlet/channel are wind-influenced and may attain about 2 knots; consult NOAA Tidal Current predictions for specifics. 88% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment