Crystal Coast · NC
Swansboro
The Friendly City by the Sea, home of the Mullet Festival.
- Population
- 3,744 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1783
- Named for
- Samuel Swann
- Tides
- Two highs, two lows, uneven
Then
- 1700s
A settlement grows around Theophilus Weeks's plantation.
- 1783
The town incorporates as Swannsborough, for Samuel Swann, a Speaker of the state House.
- 1818
Privateer and shipbuilder Otway Burns builds the Prometheus, the first river steamboat built in North Carolina.
Now
Swansboro's Mullet Festival is one of the oldest seafood festivals on the coast. Hammocks Beach State Park lies across the Intracoastal Waterway, beyond Bogue Inlet.
On the water
From NOAA's predictions for Swansboro, East Corbett Ave. Bridge, NC over the next 365 days. Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
- Pattern
- Two highs and two lows a day, one noticeably bigger than the other
- Typical daily range
- 1.8 ft
- Biggest swing
- 2.5 ft on Dec 24
- Smallest swing
- 1.1 ft on Feb 2
- Highest high
- 2.4 ft, Oct 1 at 10:34 AM
- Lowest low
- −0.7 ft, Jan 23 at 3:31 AM
2 tide stations around Swansboro
- Swansboro, East Corbett Ave. Bridgein town
- Bogue Inlet2.8 mi