We are very happy to announce that we have a fantastic new Outer Banks webcam in Nags Head!
We put the cam on one of our oceanfront vacation rental homes in Nags Head, Sandy Oasis, and it is in the perfect spot to capture the Nags Head beach, a great OBX surf break, and Jennette’s Pier. It is a one stop shop for checking the beach, the surf, and fishing!
The Outer Banks Shootout, a pro Surfing and Pro Bodyboarding contest, will be held at Hayman Street in Kill Devil Hills, NC on May 13-15th, 2011.
Entry fees are:
Pro Surfing – $50
Pro Boogie – $50
Am Open Boogie – $25
Beater Open – FREE
Each event is limited to 24 people so enter today! Catch Surf and Duck Village Outfitters are currently accepting entry forms that you can find on their website.
Good Afternoon everyone! Here is the Outer Banks beach, surf and fishing report for Friday April 29th, 2011.
This video was shot at the Eckner St. beach access in Kitty Hawk.
Gorgeous day today with temperatures in the low 70′s and expected to remain pretty close throughout the weekend. The sun is shining and people are out enjoying this beautiful Friday out on the beach. Yesterday we had some serious storms rolling through the area with Tornado warnings in effect throughout Currituck and Dare counties most of last night. There were some reported tornados that touched down but thankfully still no damage reported for any of our area.
Surf was pretty nice today, had a fairly clean waist high wave coming in this morning with winds NW around 5 to 10 mph. Waves are supposed to be calm this weekend so not much to look forward to there until next week.
As for fishing you can tell that summer is just around the corner. We are continuing to get reports of blue fish getting caught off the piers and this morning Nags Head pier was reporting some dogfish catches and the Outer Banks pier was reeling in some sea mullet. Offshore fishing is still going strong with reports of tuna and even some cobia moving into the area.
Outer Banks - 4.25.11 - Spring Waves in Kitty Hawk
Good morning. Here’s the Outer Banks Beach, Surf, & Fishing Report for Monday, April 25, 2011.
This video was shot at the Lillian St. beach access in Kitty Hawk at 9:00 AM.
Hope you had a great Easter holiday. The great weather from last week has carried through the weekend and into this week. Great start to the week with a perfect spring day; sun, temps in the 80′s, a nice offshore wind out of the southwest at about 10 mph. This weather should stick with us through the week with sun and temps in the mid 70′s. A chance of some afternoon thunder storms, but they’ll be isolated.
The offshore wind is cleaning up the leftover swell for some fun waist high, clean waves. Perfect day to be in the water. The waves are coming through very consistently. A dozen people in the water at Lillian, and they were catching waves as fast as they could paddle out. The surf will die down today, but should pick up again on Thursday and Friday for some nice chest high waves with an offshore wind. We’ll keep an eye on it.
The OBX fishing is going strong. Offshore is still reporting tuna (blue, black, & yellow fin), wahoo, and some dolphin. The piers are consistently reporting a wide variety of fish, but the weekend’s specialty was sea mullet and croaker. Blue fish, flounder, spot all in the area. Some rock and puppy drum in the Sound. Catches out of the surf are a bit inconsistent, but it will improve as the water temp continues to rise.
A few short months ago one extremely dedicated member of the Outer Banks Surfrider Foundation was diagnosed with breast cancer. Susan and her husband Scott have always graciously given their time and talent and now they need our help.
The OBX Surfrider is hosting a benefit for the Lawrence Family on May 15th from 2-6pm at the Outer Banks Brewing Station. The benefit will be held in the back yard featuring the band, Rubber Pants.
The event is family friendly and will include a silent art auction, cornhole tournament and surf/skate yard sale.
To donate ART to the auction – please contact Kathleen Wasniewski at kathleen@outerbankschild.com.
Earth Day 2011 is approaching fast, and Seaside Vacations would like to do our part to support the environment…but we need your help.
The pristine natural environment is the Outer Banks most treasured asset; a wide array of wildlife, long stretches of gorgeous beaches, protected conservation lands, and the playground of Atlantic Ocean all offer a connection to nature that is rare in today’s world. We need to protect this connection.
In honor of Earth Day, Seaside Vacations will make a contribution to the Surfrider Foundation. The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Seems like the perfect fit!
We are committed to the protection of the Outer Banks for all to enjoy, and we want to put our money where our mouth is. For every new Facebook fan we get from now through Earth Day (April 22, 2011), we will donate $1 (one dollar) to the Outer Banks Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.
Please help us support this great cause. “Like” us and share with your friends. This is one check we can’t wait to sign!
For the second year in a row, shops in the Mid-Atlantic region are getting their own qualifying stops. Each shop will be competing for this year’s best surf shop and will be separating some deep-rooted rivalries, for a chance to compete in the National Championships in September.
Although we are a fan of all our local surf shops we are hoping that we can find out which is really the BEST. Of course we expect an Outer Banks surf shop to win the challenge because we all know that our surfing is the best and it is represented by only the finest!
SURFER Magazine’s OSSC event series teams shop employees with shop pros for a chance at $10,000 and the title of the best surf shop in the U.S. This year will see 280 surfers from 70 shops around the country compete at seven regional stops before culminating at the Huntington Beach pier in September for the National Championship.
Undoubtedly, all the teams will be hungry for a comeback in 2011, and another chance to claim the national title, the $10,000 prize purse, and an entire year of bragging rights. For previous year’s photos, video footage, results and more check out SurfShopChallenge.com.
Seeing as I am such a fan of Toms shoes, I was ecstatic to hear that our very own local surf shop Outer Banks Boarding Company would be teaming up with Toms Shoes for their annual “One Day Without Shoes” event, and host a barefoot walk down to the beach.
If you are not familiar with Toms Shoes, they are an incredible company which promises
that for every pair of their shoes you purchase, one pair is donated to a child in need. One for One. The concept was started when the founder of Toms visited Argentina and noticed the kids had no shoes to protect their feet from injuries and related diseases from the soil.
Personally I felt this was an amazing idea, and like all new ideas-they need an army of supporters to really make a difference. With that in mind I decided to promote the event through all of our social media outlets and within Seaside Vacations. We decided to encourage everyone in the office to participate and spend the day barefoot. We also wanted to get some people out to the event here locally and take the walk out to the beach. It turned out to be a great event with local OBX musician Esther Faith performing and a crowd of supporters ready for the chilly walk, it was a blast!
Soak up the sun because it is back! Temperatures at 52 degrees with a WSW wind at 8 mph. Heating back up to the 70′s tomorrow. Not much for surf in the area until this weekend. Tuna still biting. Hopefully will be fishing out of the surf soon.
Windy day here in the Outer Banks. Wind gusts from 20-35 mph throughout the day. Temperatures in the mid to upper 60′s but definitely feels a little chilly with the wind. Large blue fin tuna biting offshore, reports that they are too large to keep. Chest to shoulder high surf this afternoon fading to a stomach high later in the day. Ready for the warm weather we had yesterday to come back!
