Be sure to make note of which street or ramp you are near in case of emergency. Remember for ocean rescue or any other emergency, always dial 911.
Then you can begin swimming back to shore. Instead, swim PARALLEL to the shore in either direction until you are no longer stuck in the rip current. DO NOT try to swim back to the shore as a rip current is very powerful and you may become exhausted trying to fight it. If you find yourself stuck in a rip current, the most important thing to remember is not to panic. Rip currents are channels of water, usually 10-50 ft. Rip currents or rip tides are created by breaks in a sandbar offshore and are very dangerous. The National Park Service will issue a ticket for an unleashed dog. Pets on the Beachĭogs are allowed on Hatteras Island beaches as long as they are kept on a 6 foot leash. Because the beaches of Hatteras Island are located in a National Park, there are a few guidelines and rules that you should know before you kick off your flip flops and head to the beach. You must see to believe, as the saying goes.There’s nothing quite like a day at the beach, and with over 70 miles of National Seashore spanning from Oregon Inlet to the Southern tip of Ocracoke Island, the Outer Banks offers plenty of opportunities to explore the sand and get your feet wet in the cool ocean waves. I cannot possibly recommend HI/Cape Hatteras enough. It is proudly rural - Avon has a Food Lion and a Subway, but other than that, there aren’t many familiar shops or restaurants for first timers - just mom and pop shops, but unless you have an insatiable thirst for name brand everything and trendy foods, you’ll find everything you need for a good week on the beach without going back to Kill Devil Hills/civilization. It’s not at all unusual to cross the dunes on the many ORV ramps and see a dotted line of pickups with popup shades and fishing rods waiting for a bite.
Many miles of off-road vehicle access allow beach cruising to your hearts content (air down first though - getting stuck isn’t fun!). Every village has it own sort of charm, but all make wonderful places to start a peaceful week on the beach. It doesn’t take a fancy rig to catch a lot of fish here if you drop into one of many tackle shops and ask for tips.ĭotted along the seashore are the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Frisco, Buxton, and Hatteras. If you do like the young/hip/luxe experience (a la Panama City Beach, etc), you honestly should look for a different beach because this isn’t it - and I love it because it isn’t. If you enjoy beaches (for the beaches, not the clubs or bars or party scene), it’s really hard to find something you won’t love about Cape Hatteras. Miles and miles of nearly untouched, natural, beautiful beach. I will live and die by my opinion that this is the best beach in the USA, hands down. It’s a peaceful area, and worth the drive if for no other reason, than to understand what the Outer Banks used to be. It gives you a look at what the entire area must have been years ago….glimpses of the ocean between the dunes! There are a few shops to visit, but in researching that area, I found a number of retail businesses and restaurants that were no longer there. But traveling south, toward the National Seashore, the stark difference in amazing. We stayed in Nags Head which is a heavy tourist area, as is everything north on the barrier islands. The view from the top is one that you have to see to believe! Simply amazing! So…we were anxious to see the lighthouse’s new home, as it was moved away from the shoreline several years ago. We were fortunate enough to climb her when we first visited, but the steps were closed for maintenance on this trip.
In fact, the original light was extended in height because it was basically ineffective during the presence of fog. Built at the point the Gulf Stream meets the Labrador current, the turbulence is legendary, and fog is a major factor. Cape Hatteras is the tallest lighthouse in the US. They were trying everything they could think of, at that time, to shore up the beach, as the sea was attempting to claim the light. My husband and I had visited Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in it’s original location, many years ago.
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