Hydrophobic interfaces play a central role in biological anion transport. Crystal structures of ion channels and transporter proteins have recently suggested that chloride ions may form favourable interactions with hydrophobic pore-lining sidechains. Molecular dynamics (MD) have revealed the surface affinity of polarizable anions to hydrophobic/water interfaces through the inclusion of polarisation. Classical force fields neglect electronic polarisability which in turn dismisses the effects of electronic shielding and overestimates the strength of interactions between interacting charges. The electronic continuum correction (ECC) is a mean-field approach for approximating polarisation effects and is achieved by simply rescaling ionic charges in non-polarisable force fields. Here, we used MD simulations to investigate the behavior of water, sodium and chloride ions in a model hydrophobic nanopore by constructing a modified carbon nanotube (CNT). The distributions of ions and water relative to the nanopore walls were analysed and compared for simulations with and without the use of ECC. Radial density profiles revealed an internal layer-by-layer structure of ions and water, with chloride ions showing a preference for the hydrophobic pore walls. A similar yet stronger effect is seen with ECC. Our findings provide insight into the localisation of chloride ions to hydrophobic surfaces in nanopore geometries which contributes to our understanding of anion permeation and selectivity in biological ion channels.