Update November 2023: the Carolina Beach Mooring Field is all about Larry!! He has made this place our consistent stopover in the area. He monitors the balls to make sure that is we have reserved a ball it will be free when we arrive. We love be the handy dinghy dock. Larry is the best! (Swansboro could use.a Larry!!). 2020? We reserved two nights on a mooring ball. Arrived Saturday about 4:30 and no balls available. We anchored and cancelled the first night reservation to get a refund. Larry called us shortly thereafter, apologized, and offered a free night on the town dock. We declined, but we thought his responsiveness was excellent. This used to be the problem here, but Larry has really cleared that up. In spite of our disappointment we still gave 4 stars because Larry is doing such a good job.