Passed under Surf City Bridge at 9:51 AM gauge read 67 feet. Passed under topsail bridge at 11 AM gauge read just under 65 feet — we cleared. Swansboro anchorage is just 1 mile north of Swansboro Village. This is a very narrow creek with only room for one boat (Maybe two if one went further in down the creek) it was only 8 feet deep with about 2 feet tide and we swung with the current with about 65 feet of chain out. We held tight through a three hour thunderstorm torrential rains and 25 kts steady with gusts up to 33 kts anchoring center channel no reef marked by for buoys.