Cape Fear River Entrance is a river entrance between Oak Island and Bald Head Island on the southeast North Carolina coast, leading from the Atlantic Ocean into the Cape Fear River and upriver to the Port of Wilmington. The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 4.28 ft (1.30 m) at the Wilmington station.
- Type
- River entrance
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Setting
- Between Oak Island and Bald Head Island on the southeast North Carolina coast, leading from the Atlantic Ocean into the Cape Fear River and upriver to the Port of Wilmington
- Tidal range
- The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 4.28 ft (1.30 m) at the Wilmington station.
- Notable
- The Wilmington Harbor federal navigation channel, maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District, is authorized to 44 ft at the ocean bar and 42 ft upriver to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge (USACE).
