It was a little hard to find even though i looked at the map. be ready to turn right after carrabas if heading north. even if you make reservations you still have to arrive early and wait in line. there are bathrooms and refreshments available while waiting. the cruise down the waterway was pleasant with incredible views of waterfront homes, marinas and communities. when we arrived to the jetty, we could see cresent beach to the south and ocean isle and sunset beaches to the north.they had crackers, chips, water and beer and such available on the boat. we were on the smaller 70' boat. the upper level is the best place to sit as you can see the view on both the port and starboard sides. as we were cruising up the waterway, we passed the docked and empty sea screamer. when we reached the ocean the water turned rougher and the boat rocked a little as to be expected. once in the ocean the pilot informed us that there was a shrimp boat to the north of us that had dolphins behind it and we would be there shortly. when we arrived to there he old us that he would turn the boat from side to side so everyone would get a view of the dolphins, which he proceded to do numerous times thus allowing everyone numerous close-up views of a big, spread out pod of dolphins. while watching, the sea screamer came screaming up and did the same as our boat, the other voyager 100' boat and a hurricane boat were doing. all of us were happy we were on our boat because we had a roof over our heads and though it was a bouncy, rolling ride at sea in our slower moving vessel, we knew they had to have had a very rough and slamming ride at the speed they were going.
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