Moriches Bay

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Originally posted by blueflew

If I remember correctly from last year, after hitting #26, the next buoy was almost directly north and just slightly east. It wasn't hard to see. I just looked over my left shoulder and there it was. One tip I received from a local Moriches boater was to make sure you don't drift out of the channel...he said keep your stern lined up with the buoy behind you and your bow lined up with the buoy in front of you. I did this 3 years ago at dead low tide and made it through. (my boat takes 36" of water). I just hope the channel hasn't changed too much because I have this route on my GPS. BTW, does anyone have the high tide schedule for the Moriches coast guard station? I don't go by the Moriches inlet high tide because the bay takes a few more hours to fill up.

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I do the same going through as you. See saltwatertides.com - it is also posted on the sticky.
 
blueflew, I'll look again this week but I couldn't find the next buoy after 26. If I go north and "find" the next one, where after that? As I said in earlier post, the only markers I saw were southeast of 26. thx
 
I don't recall the buoy numbers, but when traveling east and after hitting the last due east buoy that marks the main moriches channel, just on the west of the inlet, the next marker should be northeast. when you hit that buoy, you make a sharp turn southeast to the next buoy and then another turn northeasterly back into the main moriches channel again. I don't have my GPS or charts in front of me so I'm going by memory and believe I have this right unless there were drastic changes this year. Just a thought, but try calling the Moriches Coast guard station and ask them if they have any info.
 
The map image below is the approximate route, but the / could be tighter, wider, longer, etc. This was my original route about 3 years ago, but my track from last season had it shifted a little more west. Buoy #R21 just before the reds leading north to Windswept Marina, is the last one on this Blue Chart 9.0 before the ones that are placed seasonally.

If Dave is able to post the Lon/Lat’s of the three buoys of the dog leg I can see how off this route is.

As said previously in this case you need to use your eyes, but it is helpful to have it also on your GPS.

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Brad
I have the new lat/lon in my plotter. I will head down to the boat tomorrow AM and get the exact coordinates of the new leg that I tracked through at a 5 second interval. It was WELL off of my old plots which were also about 3 years old
Harris
 
yeah - that looks close - i'm planning to travel that route next week - thanks for the info - anymore info would be much appreciated
thanks
bob
 
Besides continuing on to Westhampton/points east, are there any destinations in Moriches bay worth checking out? Anchorages, restaurants, that sort of thing?

Thanks,
Ed
 
None that I am aware of.
Westhampton beach marina is all I know of.
 
Just got back from West Hampton Beach marina and went through Moriches Bay with no problem. The dog leg was no problem at high tide and according to my GPS, the buoy positions did not change from last year. However, I believe the high tides given by saltwatertides.com are wrong. I have a tide chart from the Moriches Coast guard aux. and high tide for 7/21 was at 2:56pm as opposed to 1:33pm as per saltwatertides.com. I believe the CGA is correct because the Moriches inlet high tide was at 12:54pm and the bay can't fill up in 39 minutes. Anyway, when running the dogleg, if you keep the buoys lined up tight...no problem.
 
I too just got back from WHB marina. Buoy 26 is the "point" of the dog leg, the northern most buoy. You then head southeast to green 27 and then east onto 28 and on from there. It's well marked and easy trip. Great weekend at a great marina/boating destination.
 
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