I have seen some standard code for smooth scroll to a href with # but I am doing a link to anchor by way of name attribute. So the code would be like this:
<li>
<a href="#on-water">On Water</a>
</li>
goes to the section:
<a class="mwm-aal-item" name="on-water"></a>
It is a plugin called Better Anchor Links for wordpress, that is why it is set up that way.