Ocean Isle Beach
Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States
- Paid parking
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:30 pm7.7
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.7
15 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.3
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.4
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.4
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
8.4
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
8.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
8.3
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 9°C47°F
- Water
- 21°C70°F
- Wind
- 127 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 2616 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.6 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:30 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 5 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 11 am, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 5 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 12 am, -0.8 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Parking19 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 50 m160 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink9 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 80 m250 ft
- Picnic tables230 m740 ft away
- Playground200 m660 ft away
- Boat ramp500 m0.3 mi away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 960 m0.6 miOcean Isle Beach (village)
- Nearest airport
- 28 km17 miGrand Strand Airport (CRE)
Nearby places
- Drift CoffeeCoffee shop80 m250 ft
- Pelican's PerchBurger130 m440 ft
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Bald Beach6.7 km4.2 mi west away8.2 Great later
- Sunset Beach7.8 km4.9 mi west away8.2 Great later
- Big Beach8.3 km5.2 mi east away8.0 Great later
- Holden Beach12 km7.5 mi east away8.0 Great later
- Waites Island Beach14 km8.5 mi west away8.2 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
Compare hotels and apartments near Ocean Isle Beach.
Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.3 GreatBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 30 km/h18 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.2 GreatBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.6 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 1%
- Tue8.8 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Wed5.6 GoodBest 4 pm to 6 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 3%
- Thu8.5 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 5%