Regular
CAROLINA BELLE
US · passenger boat · 22 m · The Kent Group,LLC
A 22 m passenger boat that crosses the window several times most days.
About her
A harbor tour boat run by Charleston Tours & Events from the Charleston Maritime Center, running daily from mid-February through New Year's Eve. She has an open observation deck and an enclosed main salon, and takes 100 to 125 guests for a dinner cruise or 150 to 175 for cocktails.
From Charleston Tours & Events: our vessels and Charleston Tours & Events.
How often we see her
CAROLINA BELLE is a Charleston Harbor regular, seen almost every day. Last seen Oct 15.
CAROLINA BELLE was seen on 107 days since Apr 1, 2026, most recently Oct 15, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.
- April 2026: seen on 30 days
- May 2026: seen on 31 days
- June 2026: seen on 30 days
- September 2026: seen on 2 days
- October 2026: seen on 14 days
Where she's been
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 5 to Oct 15 · 117 samples
From shore receivers' AIS samples: volunteer networks, our own antenna and NOAA's archive. A port call means she was heard stopped there; ocean passages are not heard, and the times are bounds, not events.
Her particulars
Build
- Built
- 1988
Size
- Length overall
- 22 m (72 ft)
- Beam
- 8 m (26 ft)
Capacity
- Gross tonnage
- not yet known
- Deadweight
- not yet known
Registry and management
- Call sign
- WDD7269
- Flag
- United States
- Registered owner
- The Kent Group,LLC
- Manager
- not yet known
In the window
Local regular · seen on 1193 days across 6 years · first seen Sep 2021 · last seen Oct 2026 · visits a year about 959 · busiest months Jun, Oct, May · usually arrives in the afternoon · usual stay about 2 hours · speed past the window 7.7 kn
Records
Observed top speed 11.6 kn · off Charleston, SC · 10 Mar 2024 · national archive 2021-25
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3697 seen · 4019 inbound · 209 outbound · dwell 3.9h · draught 2.5m in / 4.0m out
Passages (20)
| When | Direction | Draught | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026, 7:49 PM | inbound | — | night |
| Oct 15, 2026, 4:15 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 15, 2026, 2:19 PM | inbound | — | skipped_recent |
| Oct 15, 2026, 12:15 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 14, 2026, 7:14 PM | inbound | — | missed |
| Oct 14, 2026, 4:05 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 14, 2026, 2:06 PM | inbound | — | skipped_recent |
| Oct 14, 2026, 12:13 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 13, 2026, 4:16 PM | inbound | — | missed |
| Oct 13, 2026, 2:15 PM | inbound | — | skipped_recent |
| Oct 13, 2026, 12:16 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 12, 2026, 6:21 PM | inbound | — | missed |
| Oct 12, 2026, 4:12 PM | inbound | — | missed |
| Oct 12, 2026, 2:13 PM | inbound | — | skipped_recent |
| Oct 12, 2026, 12:13 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 12, 2026, 12:03 PM | inbound | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2026, 6:11 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 11, 2026, 3:35 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 11, 2026, 12:11 PM | inbound | — | captured |
| Oct 10, 2026, 6:15 PM | inbound | — | missed |
Sightings come from the national AIS record through Jun 30, 2026, then our own window receiver from Sep 29, 2026. Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 was not recorded.