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OBX Beach & Weather App Beach Score. This is the same Beach Score and factor breakdown used by the OBX Beach & Weather app. Today’s score is built from the beach-quality factors below.
Each row shows the points earned out of that factor’s maximum. Higher points mean conditions are more favorable for beach enjoyment.
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Sunnyside Up · Nags Head
OBX Beach & Weather App
Outer Banks weather, Beach Score, ocean safety, surf, tides, alerts, live conditions, and more — built around the beach you choose.
WHAT THE APP DOES
One beach-day companion10 Outer Banks beaches
Corolla, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, and Hatteras Village.
Current conditions
Location-specific temperature, RealFeel®, wind, humidity, rain chance, and current weather conditions.
Forecasts
Today, the next six hours, and the extended outlook for your selected beach.
App Beach Score
A multi-source beach-day planning score with activity guidance and a factor-by-factor explanation of why the score is what it is.
Ocean safety
Beach flags, rip-current risk, surf conditions, and prominent safety guidance for the selected beach.
MinuteCast® rain timing
Minute-by-minute precipitation timing when available, including whether rain is active or expected soon.
Surf, tides & water
Surf estimate, surf size, tide timing, water temperature, swell direction, period, and primary swell details.
Alerts & beach advisories
National Weather Service alerts plus beach-day notices, including the seasonal biting-fly advisory when qualifying winds are present.
Sun & moon
Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and moon phase information for planning the whole beach day.
Widgets & live beach cam
At-a-glance widgets on supported devices plus quick access to the live oceanfront Nags Head beach cam.
SEE THE APP
Real OBX Beach & Weather screensA look at the information available before and during your beach day.
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Choose your beach once and carry the same weather, Beach Score, ocean safety, surf, tide, and alert information with you.
Weather and ocean conditions can change quickly. Always follow official warnings, posted beach flags, lifeguards, emergency management, National Park Service restrictions, and on-site guidance.
Daily Beach Brief
Your beach · Your morning forecast
Start the morning with your beach.
Choose the Outer Banks beach you care about most. We’ll send one concise morning brief with its Beach Score, weather, surf, ocean safety, daily rain chance, tides and sun information.
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You can change your preferred beach or unsubscribe at any time from links included in each Daily Beach Brief.
Weather Alerts
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Sunnyside Up Weather Live
Live station observations · Nags Head
Live from Sunnyside Up
Actual conditions measured at the Sunnyside Up oceanfront weather station in Nags Head.
Sunnyside Up · Oceanfront Nags HeadWhat the station is measuring now
Live readings from the Sunnyside Up oceanfront station.
Temperature
--Outdoor air temperature
Wind
--Sustained wind
Relative Humidity
--Outdoor humidity
Rain Today
--Daily total
Feels Like
--Apparent temperature
Dew Point
--Atmospheric moisture
Wind Gust
--Latest gust
Pressure
--Sea-level pressure
UV Index
--Solar ultraviolet exposure
Solar Irradiance
--Watts per square meter
Outdoor PM2.5
--Fine-particle reading
Rain Rate
--Current hourly rain rate
Storm activity near Sunnyside Up
Monthly Weather Calendar
Sunnyside Up station archive · Nags Head
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Weather History
Sunnyside Up station archive · Nags Head
Hatteras Island Beach Access
NPS access, closures & ORV information
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About
OBX Beach & Weather
OBX Beach & Weather
Current conditions, local forecasts, beach and surf information, weather alerts, live conditions, and an Outer Banks surf camera in one convenient experience.
Coverage
Corolla, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, and Hatteras Village.
Weather & Safety
Conditions can change quickly. Always follow National Weather Service, NOAA, National Park Service, local ocean-rescue, lifeguard, on-site closure signs, and emergency-management guidance.
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