Brilliant Fishing NC · Card coverage
Full North Carolina Coast
One complete NC waypoint collection, from the South Carolina state line to the Virginia state line.
Where does this card cover?
The entire North Carolina coast, including the Brunswick Islands, Cape Fear, Wrightsville Beach, Topsail Island, the Crystal Coast, Cape Lookout, and the Outer Banks through Oregon Inlet and Nags Head.
The collection brings together artificial reef material locations, historic wrecks, natural rocks and ledges, buoys, and other fishing references along the coast.
The complete NC set
This single collection includes every waypoint from our Cape Fear & Southern Beaches and Cape Lookout & Northern Beaches sets. Shared overlap is counted only once. You do not need to buy both regional sets separately for full NC coverage.
What’s included?
- 973Artificial reef material waypoints
- 193Wreck waypoints
- 361Rocks, ledges & bottom waypoints
- 52Buoy waypoints
- 377General & other fishing spots
These are waypoint counts. A reef or wreck area may contain multiple marked locations. The named lists below are a coverage summary, not a complete listing of all 1,956 waypoints.
Artificial reefs covered
Reef coverage includes locations such as Oregon Inlet Reef, Atlantic Beach Reef, Topsail Reef, Yaupon Beach Reef, and Fisherman’s Reef.
Tap below to see the reef numbers and names listed in this collection’s coverage summary.
View the artificial reef list
- AR130
- AR140
- AR145
- AR160 — Oregon Inlet Reef
- AR165
- AR197
- AR220
- AR225
- AR230 — Mr. J.C. Reef
- AR250
- AR255
- AR275 — Billy Smith Reef
- AR285 — George Summerlin Reef
- AR291 — Bayview Reef (central)
- AR292
- AR296 — Hatteras Island Business Association Reef / Clam Shoal Oyster Sanctuary
- AR298 — Ocracoke Reef and Oyster Sanctuary
- AR300 — Hardee's Reef
- AR302 — Yancey Reef
- AR305 — Carteret County Sportfishing Association Reef
- AR315 — Atlantic Beach Reef
- AR320 — Clifton Moss Reef
- AR330 — Howard Chapin Reef
- AR340 — J. Paul Tyndall Reef
- AR342 — Onslow Bay Sport Fishing Club Reef
- AR345 — Swansboro Rotary Club Reef
- AR355 — New River Reef
- AR360 — Topsail Reef
- AR362 — Tom Boyette Reef
- AR364 — Billy Murrell Reef
- AR366
- AR368
- AR370 — Meares Harriss Reef
- AR372
- AR376
- AR378 — Phillip Wolfe Reef
- AR378B
- AR380 — Central Reef
- AR382 — Dredge Wreck Reef
- AR386 — Lennon/Hyde Reef
- AR392 — New Bern (Neuse River) Reef
- AR396 — Oriental Reef
- AR398 — New River Reef (central)
- AR400 — Robert “Bob” Black Tower Reef
- AR420 — Tom McGlammery Reef
- AR425 — Yaupon Beach Reef
- AR430
- AR440 — Brunswick County Fishing Club Reef
- AR445 — Dale McDowell Reef
- AR455 — Dale Ward Reef
- AR460 — Fisherman's Reef
- AR465 — Gary Ennis Reef
Named fishing areas & natural bottom
Explore well-known areas such as The Steeples, the Horseshoe, Frying Pan Ledges, Big Rock, and Avon Rock, along with numerous other rocks, ledges, holes, and bottom features.
View named areas & regions
- The Steeples
- Horseshoe / Horseshoe Reef Area
- Frying Pan Ledges
- Christmas Rock area
- Masonboro area
- Southwest Ledges
- Doorstop Ledge
- Carolina Beach Ledge
- Fort Fisher Ledge
- Topsail Ledge
- Dead Tree Hole area
- Big Rock area
- Chicken Rock
- Diamond Tower
- Avon Rock / Ledge
- Oregon Inlet Reef area
- Bad Bottoms
- Deep Hole (NW & SW)
- The Rise
View notable rocks, ledges & bottom
- Frying Pan Ledges
- Twelve Fathom Rock
- Honeymoon Rock (N & S)
- Kure Beach Rock
- Pete Brown King Rock
- Diver’s Rock
- Steve’s Rock
- Station Rock
- Lost Rock
- Grouper Hole
- Hunter’s Hole
- Yellowfin Hole
- American Red Hole
- Grainger Rock
- Sneads Ferry Big Rock
- Forty Mile Rock
- Twelve Mile Rock
- Fourteen Mile Rock
- Eighteen Mile Rock
- Nine Mile Rock
- Chicken Rock
- Avon Rock
- Big Rock (NE & SE)
- Rock Pile
- Diamond Tower
- Deep Hole
- Tuna Hole
- Swansboro Hole
- Bad Bottoms #1–3
- Little 10
- East Rock (Beaufort & Bogue)
Historic wrecks
The set includes wreck waypoints for the USS Monitor, U-85, German U-352, Papoose, HMT Bedfordshire, and many others.
View notable wrecks
- USS Monitor (Monitor National Marine Sanctuary)
- U-85 (German WWII U-boat)
- German U-352
- Papoose
- Tamaulipas (Bow & Stern Sections)
- Caribe Sea
- Australia
- Oriental
- British Splendour
- HMT Bedfordshire
- Empire Gem
- E.M. Clark
- Byron D. Benson
- Norvana (formerly York)
- Atlas Tanker
- Ario (formerly called W.E. Hutton)
- Suloide
- Shad Boat (Amagansett)
- Caribsea
- Malchace
- Weldon Hall
- Cassimer
- Ed’s Wreck
- John D. Gill
- Virginius
- City of Houston (1878)
- Marie Palmer
- George Weems
- Steamship
A starting point for your fishing
New to the area, running a new boat, or looking to expand your existing numbers? This collection gives you a broad base of public fishing references to explore and build on with your own discoveries.
These are publicly documented locations rather than private charter-captain numbers or secret fishing spots. There is no subscription and no recurring fee.
How the data was compiled
Brilliant Fishing NC compiled these waypoints from publicly available government records and independent boater and diver compilations, then cleaned, standardized, cross-referenced, and reviewed them. Duplicate and conflicting entries were consolidated where practical.
The positions have not all been independently surveyed by Brilliant Fishing NC. Some mark approximate locations or general fishing areas.
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