New Jersey / Schellenger Creek /
Spicers Creek Wildlife Management Area Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Schellenger Creek · near Cape May · New Jersey
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Fee charged
- Docks
- 1
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Tidal
- Yes
- Managed by
- New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
- Coordinates
- 38.95099, -74.91004
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Philadelphia District; the one nearest this launch is of July 29, 2024). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Tide predictions at Cape Island Creek, Cape May · NOAA, 0.4 mi away
Marine advisories
Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.
National Weather Service marine zone ANZ453, Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.
Tides
Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Cape Island Creek, Cape May station, 0.4 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.
| Mon Oct 19 | High 3:02 am 3.5 ft · Low 8:25 am 1.8 ft · High 3:18 pm 4.5 ft · Low 9:40 pm 1.4 ft |
|---|---|
| Tue Oct 20 | High 4:06 am 3.7 ft · Low 9:32 am 1.7 ft · High 4:19 pm 4.5 ft · Low 10:30 pm 1.2 ft |
| Wed Oct 21 | High 5:00 am 4.0 ft · Low 10:34 am 1.4 ft · High 5:11 pm 4.7 ft · Low 11:12 pm 0.9 ft |
| Thu Oct 22 | High 5:44 am 4.4 ft · Low 11:26 am 1.1 ft · High 5:57 pm 4.8 ft · Low 11:52 pm 0.7 ft |
| Fri Oct 23 | High 6:25 am 4.8 ft · Low 12:15 pm 0.7 ft · High 6:41 pm 4.9 ft |
| Sat Oct 24 | Low 12:31 am 0.4 ft · High 7:05 am 5.3 ft · Low 1:03 pm 0.4 ft · High 7:25 pm 5.0 ft |
| Sun Oct 25 | Low 1:10 am 0.1 ft · High 7:47 am 5.7 ft · Low 1:50 pm 0.1 ft · High 8:10 pm 5.0 ft |
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Lobster House Channel · 0.3 mi from this launch
Hydrographic survey of July 29, 2024 by the Philadelphia District. Least depth in the channel (Lobster House Channel): 10 ft; project depth 12 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On Schellenger Creek
River in New Jersey. All launches on Schellenger Creek.
Community
Where people who use Schellenger Creek talk about it.
Nearby launches
- North Wildwood Bayfront Park · 7.1 mi · Grassy Sound
- Stone Harbor Municipal Marina · 11.5 mi · North Basin
- Avalon Bay Park & Ramp · 12.9 mi · Back o'th' Sound
- Goshen Creek Ramp at Dennis Creek WMA · 13.3 mi
- Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area Boat Ramp · 16.1 mi · Dennis Creek
- Canal Front Park · 17.3 mi · Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
Sources
- New Jersey State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas Boat Launches (NJDEP) record -74.91004,38.95099 · NJDEP Data Distribution Agreement: credit NJDEP GIS; not verified by NJDEP and not state-authorized or endorsed; metadata with the data (ArcGIS item 1fff783173bb4469b83b2b132b372ccb)
- New Jersey Pumpouts and Ramps (NJDEP, Clean Vessel Act and NJ Sea Grant) record 10 · No terms on the item; NJDEP Data Distribution Agreement of its sister items: credit NJDEP GIS, not verified by NJDEP and not state-authorized or endorsed
Why it is listed as public: listed by New Jersey State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas Boat Launches (NJDEP) and New Jersey Pumpouts and Ramps (NJDEP, Clean Vessel Act and NJ Sea Grant). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.