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Coast Guard restores aids in inlet near Topsail, NC

Jun 22nd, 2012 · Comments Off

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard completed the replacement of the aids to navigation in New Topsail Inlet Thursday. The aids were temporarily removed in October 2011 due to severe shoaling in the area. The Army Corps of Engineers was able to dredge the inlet in past weeks, enabling the Army Corps of Engineers, a 65-foot buoy tender homeported in Oak Island, to set buoys to mark navigable water...

Coast Guard schedules temporary changes to navigational aids near Wilmington, NC

Sep 29th, 2011 · Comments Off

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard is scheduling to temporarily remove the aids to navigation located at the New Topsail Inlet in Topsail, N.C. and Lockwoods Folly Inlet between Holden Beach and Oak Island, N.C., Thursday. This action is being taken in the interest of public safety due to severe shoaling in these locations. Depths of less than three feet currently exist in many areas of the New Topsail...

Surveys indicate Shoaling in New Topsail Inlet and Old Topsail Creek

Oct 27th, 2010 · Comments Off

US Army Corps of Engineers PhotoFORT MACON, N.C. – Mariners are advised that based on an Army Corps of Engineers survey significant shoaling has occurred in New Topsail Inlet and Old Topsail Creek. Depths in New Topsail Inlet were recorded as low as 1.9 feet between buoys 4a and 6, and Old Topsail Creek depths were recorded as low as 2.5 feet in the vicinity of buoy 6. The recent shoaling may...