Welcome to Absecon, Absecon Creek, NJ

A small-craft facility is on the north side of the creek, about 0.5 mile below the bridges. A 7-ton lift and a 30-foot marine railway are available; engine, hull, electronic repairs can be made. Gasoline, dry storage, water, ice and marine supplies are also available.

Absecon Creek, which flows into the northwest side of Absecon Bay, is crossed by three fixed bridges, about 1.5 miles above the mouth, at Absecon; least clearance is 3 feet. A marked channel with reported depths of about 5 feet leads across Absecon Bay to the mouth of the creek. In 1999, the reported midchannel controlling depth in the creek was 5 feet from the mouth to the bridges; the creek is reported navigable by small outboards for about 2 miles above the bridges.