Lost Sailor Waves, OBX

06/05/2026

Soft shell season!

06/05/2026

05/24/2026

Tri Villages Market is located along the multi-use path on the soundside of Camp Hatteras Campground in the Village of Waves on Hatteras Island. There is plenty of parking for your vehicle, bike or golf cart. This is a must do on Hatteras Island!

Small businesses gather on grass under tents, perch on the porches and arrange inside the conference center. Open rain/wind/shine thanks to the conference center.

May 27th businesses:

All Washed Up Jewelry
Art with Heart
Bracelets Onthebanks
Brooke's Revival
Buxton Pirate
C4 Coastal
Christina Marie Coastal
Coastal Crunch Kettle Corn
Craf T’s Creations
Danielle Ashley Photography & Island Decor
DebiD Papercrafts
Discover outer Banks Art studio and gallery
Doggie Devine
Driftwood & Dune
Hats Happen by the Sea
Hazy Art
Healthy Pure Solutions
Highway 12 Shirts
Hobby Up
Indigo Earth
Island Sol
Ivy & Ocean
Just Joan
Kimy’s Creations
Kismat
Latinhandmade
Made with Love Obx
Malia Nakai
Milk Street Soap
Mybeach.store
Obx local food coastal farmers co-op
Plateman obx
Roll 'n' Joe
Salvo Sweets
SeaCatchers
Seaside Resin
Second Wave
Shifting Sands Obx
Sierra Kinda Draws
Silly Seagulls Toy Co.
Sunset Slush of Capehatteras
Sweet Home Carolina Creations
Sweetwater Bakery
Tavi Tallow
Thaidal Touch
The Prop Stop plants and more
The Stuffed Cemetery
Too Jam Good
Windy Island Designs
ZBankhead.Art

Tri Villages Market is every Wednesday through Wednesday, October 14th. Many local businesses welcome you to shop Tri Villages Market. 24798 NC Highway 12, Waves NC 27982. Open 9am-1pm.

05/24/2026

The quickest and most efficient way to get help when you need it is to know your exact location.

🚑 Take note of the street address of your accommodations—not the house name.
🚑 Pay attention to the street you access the beach from, the beach access name or what milepost you are closest to. Every second counts in an emergency!
🚑 If available, send someone to meet the first responders at the nearest access point to help emergency responders locate you quickly.

For more beach safety tips, visit LoveTheBeachRespectTheOcean.com.
Text OBXBeachConditions to 77295 to receive a daily beach conditions forecast.

05/24/2026

Please, don't dig holes and if you do, please fill them back home.

05/24/2026

05/24/2026

NEWS RELEASE: Cape Hatteras National Seashore has reopened more than a mile of beach between the south end of Buxton and off-road vehicle ramp 43, following an interim response action by the Army Corps of Engineers, soil testing, and consultations with the U.S. Public Health Service and Dare County’s Department of Health and Human Services.

The Seashore plans to reopen the lifeguarded beach parking area in the coming days after a contractor removes a large quantity of house collapse debris that Seashore staff and volunteers have collected over the past nine months. Lifeguards monitor this beach between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day. While the lifeguarded parking area is closed, the Seashore recommends visitors park in the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse parking lot and walk north to the beach using the multi-use pathway.

The beach in front of the Village of Buxton remains closed due to the presence of threatened oceanfront structures. The Seashore expects to reopen that location following Dare County’s upcoming beach nourishment project.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore regularly monitors all areas of the seashore for visitor safety and resource protection. To learn more about the USACE actions at the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site, visit www.sas.usace.army.mil/Missions/Formerly-Used-Defense-Sites/Buxton-Naval-Facility.

📸The lifeguard stand at Old Lighthouse Beach stands ready as lifeguard services resume for the season starting May 23.

05/20/2026

Next weekend deliciousness!