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The Bogue Sound Ledger

Tide log kept from the causeway, Carteret County, North Carolina

The log / section

Water: the sound, the flats and the shallows

Four entries read the water itself: what the tide does behind Bogue Banks, what a season of inshore fishing turns on, where the sound side shallows are shallow enough to wade, and which birds work the marsh edge. All four are dated, and each one names the body that holds the figures it cannot print.

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Water

2026

4 entries dated in 2026

September 20261 entry

  1. Reading the tides and currents of Bogue Sound

    The water arrives on a schedule you can learn Reading Bogue Sound begins with one plain fact: the water rises and falls on a rhythm, and that rhythm decides where you can go, where fish feed, and w...

    Water HIGH WATERSLACKLOW WATER 6 min

August 20261 entry

  1. Sound side beaches and the shallows of Bogue Sound

    Bogue Sound runs between the mainland and Bogue Banks, and its sound side beaches and shallows are a different world from the ocean beaches a mile away.

    Water HIGH WATERSLACKLOW WATER 6 min

July 20261 entry

  1. Inshore fishing the sound, a season by season look

    Bogue Sound is a shallow, narrow stretch of water running behind Bogue Banks, the barrier island that carries Atlantic Beach and Pine Knoll Shores, and the fishing inside it changes month by month.

    Water HIGH WATERSLACKLOW WATER 7 min

May 20261 entry

  1. Birding the marsh and the sound country

    From the first light over the spoil islands to the last hour on the sound side, the marsh country between Morehead City and the barrier banks draws birds the way it draws water.

    Water HIGH WATERSLACKLOW WATER 5 min

The Water entries, month by month

The dated entries of this section, what each one is read at, and what the body it names does not publish
Month Entry Dated Read at What the named body does not publish
September 2026 Reading the tides and currents of Bogue Sound 14/09/2026 LOW WATER No tide time is printed on this page. The NOAA Ocean Service tutorial explains what drives a tide, and it publishes nothing for the flats behind Bogue Banks.
August 2026 Sound side beaches and the shallows 24/08/2026 LOW WATER Fort Macon State Park publishes its own hours and rules, and it does not publish a water depth for the shallows off the sound side beach.
July 2026 Inshore fishing the sound, a season by season 09/07/2026 HIGH WATER The NOAA Fisheries recreational pages publish rules and seasons, and they do not publish a catch report for one flat on one morning.
May 2026 Birding the marsh and the sound 19/05/2026 LOW WATER The Audubon birding pages publish how to watch, and they do not publish a count for a named marsh on a named morning.