North Carolina Beach Vacations

North Carolina Beach Travel Guide

• North Carolina Overview
• North Carolina Hotels
• North Carolina Attractions
• North Carolina Feature Articles
• North Carolina Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for North Carolina

Active and Adventure Guide
• Biking
• Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Sailing
  • Surfing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Nature

Top Beach Destinations In North Carolina

• Outer Banks, NC
  
• Corolla, NC
  
• Buxton, NC
  
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC
  
• Ocracoke, NC
  

Travel Guides In North Carolina

• Charlotte, NC
  • Family Guide
• Outer Banks, NC
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Asheville, NC
  • Family Guide
• Blue Ridge Parkway, VA
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Nantahala National Forest, NC
  • Active and Adventure Guide

Southeast Beach States/Provinces

• Florida
• Georgia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama

Ocracoke Beach, North Carolina (Bill Russ/courtesy, North Carolina Tourism)

Top North Carolina Beach Destinations

• Buxton
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore
• Corolla
• Ocracoke
• Outer Banks

Feature Articles

• The Thrill of the Skill
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  Water Sports
• North Carolina
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  The Outer Limits
• Top Ten Surfing Destinations
  From classic longboard waves to get-tubed-every-time surf spots, we bring you ten timeless surf locales.
• The Empty Beach
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• Top Ten Budget Beach Vacations
  The best beach vacation destinations that won't stretch your wallet.

Trip Ideas

• Best Water Playground: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (North Carolina)
  America's Best Beaches
• East: The Outer Banks (North Carolina)
  Top Eight Sea Kayaking Hot Spots

Practical Advice

• A Diving Primer
• A Sailing Primer
  Sail through the planning of a windswept vacation
• Windsurfing: A Primer
  How to Hit the Water and Ride the Wind, and What to Bring Along When You Go
• The Bareboat Way of Knowledge
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  Learning to become the captain of your own fate.
• The Pool Is Open
  Think of yourself as an intrepid, globe-trotting traveler that’s been everywhere—and then some? Unless you’re certified to scuba dive, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
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  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• O'Neill's Psychofreak boardshorts
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• Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.
• Women’s Beach Gear Essentials
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• Walden Retro Wing Swallow Surfboard
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  Shred-Ready

Fitness

• The Move
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  Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
• Fit to Surf
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• Sunbrellas Chemical-Free Sun Block SPF 30+
• Good Day, Sunshine
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  Embrace the summer sun with an intelligent skin-protection strategy
• Is surfing a good workout?
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Hotels

GOOD FOR CAMPING

Tsali Recreation Area Campground
c/o Cheoah Ranger District, Route 1, Box 16-A
Robbinsville, NC 28721

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GOOD FOR SAILING

THE INN AT COROLLA LIGHT
1066 Ocean Trail
Corolla, NC 27927

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Avon Cottages
Box 7
Avon, NC 27915

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