Mansquan Inlet some local info needed....

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We are repositioning for the winter this weekend to Cedar Creek on Barneget bay. We are leaving Sandy Hook (AHMM) around 7:00am Saturday. I am thinking that if we run 20 knots we should make the inlet around 8:30-9:00am.

Here is my question; being an inlet novice (I only been out the Mansquan Inlet once never in it or any inlet for that matter); given the info below what can I expect from the Mansquan Inlet? As well we will be running the length of the bay to Cedar Creek at low tide; with the west wind and a 3 foot draft is this going to be an issue, my chart work would make it appear that we will have good water in the channel all the way to Cedar Creek. But local knowledge is always appreciated.

I appreciate your feedback.

NOAA is calling for 3-5 seas
Mansquan Inlet:
High Tide: 12:15am
Low Tide: 5:49am
High Tide: 12:26pm

Wind
7:00am W 8 Mph
8:00am W 9 Mph
10:00am WSW 10
11:00am WSW 11
1:00pm WSW 13
 
You should have no problems. Manasquan gets tricky wit a lot of traffic, but you won't have that this time of year. I have a 41' with a 3'7" draft so you should be fine. Just pay very careful attention to the channel markers and go slow if you are uncertain. Deviate from the channel and it is very shallow in spots. There are some twists and turns, so again, just take it easy. You also have the Pt. Pleasant canal to travel thru...always better with the tide. Have a safe trip!
 
Northern:
Slack current at the canal is 10:00AM and then switches to flood current (southbound current). When you get into the squan take your time. If you get to the canal closer to or after 10:00 you will have the current working for you. As Rob56 said just follow the channel markers in the river and then on the other side of the canal down the ICW.
With the hard west wind there may be a blow out tide, but I don't have any first hand knowledge of Cedar Creek so I can't comment on the water level in the creek.
eric
 
All good advise so far, especially be carefull about the blowout tide. I'm pretty close to Cedar Creek and been down it a bunch, but not lately. I'm guessing your going to OBM? The water in the Creek gets low, especially after the few days of heavy West winds we've been having. The Creek is marked with Day markers, and, this time of the year, you may be missing a few. You will want to be on the south side of the creek heading west, and if most of the day markers are still up, you should be fine. Don't turn west into the Creek until you are a good distance south of the Berkeley Island Park. You'll see it, and it will be obvious. Do not run the North shore of the creek....that's for the jetskis!

Good luck...
 
Thanks for all of the feedback!!! This is exactly what I was looking for, I am headed to OBM I do remember coming out of the creek when we bought the boat and the water was really low with a west wind at the time; but I do remember that we had about 3' below the keel (and since it was early april the day markers were all bent over. Since we are not that familiar with the bay we will be taking it slow; there is even talk about trying to troll up a few bass on the way so we are in no hurry.

One last question; where between the Inlet and Cedar Creek is the best bet for fresh Diesel to top off the tanks? Has anyone fueled up at Lanoka Harbor Marina on Cedar Creek; the still have diesel at $3.22/gallon.
 
I know it's too late, and hopefully you had/are having a very safe trip. Anyway, just south of the Seaside bridge, and up the Toms River a short way, heading West,turn hard to Port at the second "set" of can-nun channel markers (the third green can) and head into Ocean Gate Yacth Basin for diesel. If you are BoatUS, they have the $0.10/gallon discount. It's about a 10 mile run to your final destination from there, so fill it high and you will burn off 5 gallons from each tank before you put her away.....sorry I didn't see this earlier....good luck, and let us know how it went...
 
IVY,

Note that you are asking for diesel.....did you get rid of the 310DA you had?
 
I wanted to thank everyone for the info; what a trip it was. The ride down was miserable; steady 15-20 knots out of the W which put a steady 2-4' sea on the starboard quarter the entire ride south. The Mansquan Inlet was smooth as glass and was a welcome few moments of calm (there was a small armada fishing at the shrewsbury rocks in very sporty conditions).

Everyone mentioned that we should watch for a "blow out tide"; MAN, I thought that some pulled the plug on on the Barneget bay without telling anyone; I would say that the average depth under our 'ducer was 2.8-3'; we churned lots of mud running the magenta center line of the ICW (we were able to get onto plane right before cedar creek for a bit and she turned WOT RPMs +30 as rated with full fuel and a really dirty bottom). The trip from the railroad bridge to the about at mile prior to cedar creek was made at roughly 7 knots. We finally pulled into Cedar Creek and the water was so low that the boat did not want to spin when I split the transmissions.

I wanted to thank everyone for the information that made this trip possible; tomorrow is going to be a rough day my ankles and knees are on stirke for sure!!!!
 
Dave, yes after the debacle that we had with our 310 (two new engines; water intrusion with full survey) we did not really have confidence that she was ever going to be quite right. It was a very expensive way to learn how not to buy a boat. At the same time we got bit by the offshore fishing bug to we stepped up to 330 Coastal with twin Volvo diesels.

By the way I still have a bunch of left over 310 stuff that I would love to get rid of if you are interested; the best being a brand new mooring cover.
 
Very much interested in the mooring cover. Please email me asap. Thanks and good luck with the new boat.

PS: I have also moved marinas for 2008. Moved from Hinckley Yacht Services Marina, formerly Winter Yacht Basin, to Dillon's Creek Marina on the Toms River.
 
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