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▦ TODAY AT A GLANCE
AccuWeather▤ WEATHER STORY
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◒ SUN & MOON
--NEW · DAILY BEACH BRIEFWake up to your beach.
Choose your favorite OBX beach and get its Beach Score, weather, surf, ocean safety, rain chance, tides and sun information each morning.
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▤ RADAR & FORECAST CONTEXT
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Why this score?
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.
Score adjustment
Each row shows the points earned out of that factor’s maximum. Higher points mean conditions are more favorable for beach enjoyment.
⚠ Ocean Safety
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≋ TODAY'S OFFICIAL OBX RIP CURRENT RISK
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BEACH ACCESS
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SWELL DIRECTION
41 views of the Outer Banks17 surf & coastal views · 24 traffic & bridge cameras
NC 12 & bridge cameras →▣ LIVE BEACH CAM
Sunnyside Up · Nags Head▣
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▣ MORE OBX SURF CAMS
17 surf & coastal views including Sunnyside UpExplore oceanfront, pier and sound views from Corolla to Ocracoke. Choose a region below, then select a camera. Provider players may include ads; live availability varies.
CorollaCorolla Light Resort
Corolla Light — Surf Cam
Corolla oceanfront surf view
This camera uses the operator’s own page and player. If the embedded view is unavailable, open the provider ↗.
CorollaCorolla Light Resort
Corolla Light — Sound Side
Currituck Sound view
This camera uses the operator’s own page and player. If the embedded view is unavailable, open the provider ↗.
Kitty Hawk / KDHTwiddy · YouTube
Twiddy Outer Banks — Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk oceanfront beach view
Kitty Hawk / KDHKitty Hawk Pier · Surfline
Kitty Hawk Pier
Kitty Hawk pier and surf view
This provider may show a pre-roll ad before the live camera.
Kitty Hawk / KDHAvalon Pier
Avalon Pier
Kill Devil Hills · Milepost 6 pier and surf view
This camera uses the operator’s own page and player. If the embedded view is unavailable, open the provider ↗.
Nags HeadSurfChex
Abalone Street
Nags Head ocean view
Nags HeadNags Head Pier · Surfline
Nags Head Pier
Milepost 11.5 · live pier and surf view
Nags HeadSurfline · Jennette's Pier
Jennette's Pier — Northside
Northside view · Surfline camera provided with Jennette's Pier
Nags HeadSurfline · Jennette's Pier
Jennette's Pier — Southside Close-Up
Close-up southside view · Surfline camera provided with Jennette's Pier
Nags HeadSurfline · Jennette's Pier
Jennette's Pier — Southside
Southside view · Surfline camera provided with Jennette's Pier
Nags HeadSurfline · Jennette's Pier
Jennette's Pier — Fish
Pier/fish view · Surfline camera provided with Jennette's Pier
Hatteras IslandSurfChex
Rodanthe
Rodanthe ocean view
Hatteras IslandSurfChex
Rodanthe Fishing Pier
Fishing pier and surf view
Hatteras IslandSurfChex
Waves — Oceanside
Waves ocean view
Hatteras IslandSurfChex
Avon Pier
Avon pier and surf view
OcracokeSurfChex
Ocracoke
Ocracoke live coastal view
THE COAST, CLEARLY.
OBX Beach & Weather App
Outer Banks weather, Beach Score, ocean safety, radar, surf, tides and alerts — built around your beach. Version 1.7 includes 18 animated Beach Clocks, expanded beach-access guides and clearer, more configurable CarPlay widgets—alongside 41 camera views and your complete coastal forecast.
Version 1.7 highlights•Free to download•No ads•No subscriptions
AVAILABLE ACROSS YOUR DEVICES
One OBX experience, multiple screensiPhone
The complete OBX Beach & Weather experience with weather, Beach Score, forecasts, ocean safety, alerts, Surf Cams, widgets, sharing, and notifications.
iPad
A larger-screen experience that preserves the full app while using iPad-friendly layouts, navigation, widgets, and beach selection.
Apple Watch
A native companion with six coastal screens, customizable complications, 16 custom profiles and 18 optional animated Beach Clocks. Choose supported beaches, readings and appearance settings from iPhone or Watch.
Mac
Runs on compatible Apple-silicon Macs with Mac-specific safeguards for page navigation, weather backgrounds, and Surf Cam recovery.
Android
The core OBX Beach & Weather experience on Android with current weather, forecasts, Beach Score, surf, tides, ocean safety, alerts, and beach information.
NEW IN VERSION 1.7
Beach Clocks · beach access · widgets · Watch navigation18 animated Beach Clocks
Seven new scenes expand the collection to eighteen designs, grouped into Coastal, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas & Misfits. Explore coastal views, haunted Manteo scenes and seasonal favorites.
Your clock, your beach
Choose a clock design, beach and supported data readings from iPhone or Apple Watch. Improved previews, clearer text and remembered browsing make it easier to return to your favorites.
Beach Access & Closures
Find beach-specific driving seasons, permits, costs, vehicle rules and official access links. Expand the details you need and share a beach’s guide with friends and family.
Clearer, configurable CarPlay widgets
Larger weather symbols and beach names, meaningful colors, clearer water-temperature and tide labels, and more choices for readings, layout and units. Forecast widgets let you choose which forecast details to show.
Easier Watch navigation & alerts
Clocks and settings have their own page, with clearer clock exits and remembered browsing. Dismiss alerts after viewing them while keeping new or updated alerts visible.
Timelier rain notices
Approaching-rain notices clear when the forecast start time arrives, avoiding repeated “beginning now” messages for an elapsed event. MinuteCast® remains available for short-term precipitation timing.
Better use of wider screens
Refined layouts for wider iPhone displays and windows, plus clearer controls and improved accessibility layouts. The weather, camera and beach information stays easy to explore.
ALSO INCLUDED · VERSION 1.6 FEATURES
41 camera views · a more personal Watch · four CarPlay & StandBy widgets17 surf & coastal camera views
Explore Sunnyside Up, both Corolla Light views, Twiddy in Kitty Hawk, Kitty Hawk Pier, Avalon Pier, Nags Head Pier, four Jennette’s Pier views, SurfChex and more through Ocracoke. Camera previews and in-app viewing keep the coast close.
24 traffic & bridge cameras
Browse official NCDOT DriveNC views by region, from Corolla and the Wright Memorial Bridge through Oregon Inlet, Pea Island, Hatteras Island and Ocracoke. See loading status and open available cameras inside the app.
Live radar for your beach
Animated RainViewer radar centers on your selected beach, so you can follow approaching rain along the Outer Banks.
Clearer tides
See rising or falling tide progress, previous and upcoming high and low tides, predicted heights and time remaining, using NOAA predictions mapped to your beach.
More forecast detail
Today’s nine readings cover high, low, rain, wind, gusts, UV, humidity, feels like and visibility or cloud cover. The app’s next six hours include wind and daytime UV; daily forecasts add wind and UV. Seasonal snow and ice details appear when relevant.
Richer reports to share
Share a fuller summary of beach conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, tides and safety information with family and friends.
Alerts without the clutter
Dismiss a Home banner after reading it. Active alerts remain available in a compact row, and materially updated alerts become prominent again.
Your Daily Beach Brief
Sign up inside the app for the existing free morning email, personalized to your favorite beach.
A refreshed Apple Watch experience
Explore Now, Ocean, Tides, Forecast, Sun & Moon, and Alerts. Clearer complications give temperatures, tide times and beach flags more room.
16 custom Watch profiles
Choose a beach, primary reading and supporting readings for each profile. Customize colors, backgrounds, labels, icons, value size and units. Edit on iPhone or Watch; settings save automatically and sync between them.
Four CarPlay & StandBy widgets
Choose Beach Weather, Next 6 Hours, Forecast, or Ocean & Tides. Each presents different coastal information on supported Apple screens.
An introduction to each release
Native What’s New screens introduce updates on iPhone and Apple Watch, with a clear Continue button.
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, rough-surf context, 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
Refined surf estimates, tighter surf ranges, tide timing, water temperature, swell direction, period, and primary swell details.
Alerts & beach advisories
National Weather Service alerts plus OBX Beach & Weather advisories, including optional biting-fly notices and prominent high-priority alert treatment.
Sun & moon
Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and moon phase information for planning the whole beach day.
Widgets & live surf cams
Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets on supported devices plus quick access to Sunnyside Up and the expanded Outer Banks surf-cam catalog.
FOUR WAYS TO GLANCE
CarPlay & StandBy on supported Apple devicesA CLOSER LOOK AT THE APP
Real iOS screenshotsCurrent weather, live camera browsing, beach-access information and radar. Select a screenshot to see it larger. Captured conditions are examples, not a live report.
MORE ROOM FOR YOUR FORECAST
Real iOS captures in landscapeSee how the app uses a wider display for forecast and beach information. Layouts vary by device and app version.
SEE THE APP
Real OBX Beach & Weather phone screensReal screens from the app. Layouts may vary by app version and device.
THE APP ON IPAD
The full beach-day experience on a larger screenThe app includes an iPad-friendly presentation with the same weather, Beach Score, ocean-safety, surf, tide, forecast, and alert information.
ANIMATED BEACH CLOCKS
18 designs · four collectionsReal captures from the Watch app’s Beach Clocks. Coastal, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas & Misfits designs pair scenery with time and supported beach readings. These still images show two of the animated designs.
Beach Clocks run inside the OBX Watch app; they do not replace Apple’s system watch face. They are optional, may increase battery use, and watchOS may return to your Apple face after a timeout or interruption. Your selection stays saved when you reopen OBX.
MAKE YOUR WATCH & WIDGETS YOUR OWN
Real iPhone settings screensChoose the beach information and supported appearance options that work for you. Watch complications sit on compatible Apple watch faces; Beach Clocks are a separate experience inside the Watch app. Settings and available options vary by widget and version.
OBX BEACH & WEATHER ON APPLE WATCH
Glanceable conditions, ocean information, tides, forecast, and sun & moonSix coastal screens and customizable complications put your beach on your wrist. Keep 16 custom profiles and appearance controls that sync with iPhone. The rectangular OBX Hourly Forecast complication shows three upcoming hours in Minimal layout, or four with rain chances in other layouts. Gallery images are real app captures; layouts vary by version.
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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.
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Daily Beach Brief
Your beach · Your morning forecast
Your Beach. Your Daily Brief.
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.
TODAY'S ACTUAL EMAIL
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This is the actual Daily Beach Brief generated from today’s OBX Beach & Weather data — the same email content subscribers receive each morning.
The preview changes with the beach selected above. The email is personalized the same way after you subscribe.
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Your subscription to OBX Beach & Weather has been confirmed. Your personalized beach outlook will arrive each morning after daily conditions are refreshed.
You can change your preferred beach or unsubscribe at any time from links included in each Daily Beach Brief.
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Alerts & Beach Advisories
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Sunnyside Up Weather Live
Live station observations · Nags Head
LIVE OCEANFRONT WEATHER STATION
Live from Sunnyside Up
Actual conditions measured at the Sunnyside Up oceanfront weather station in Nags Head.
Sunnyside Up · Oceanfront Nags Head🌡️--Feels like --
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OCEANFRONT INSTRUMENTS
What the station is measuring now
Live readings from the Sunnyside Up oceanfront station.
PRIMARY CONDITIONSAt-a-glance conditions
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Rain Today
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SECONDARY CONDITIONSComfort, gusts and pressure
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ENVIRONMENT & PRECIPITATIONSun, air quality and rain rate
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LIGHTNING DETECTION
Storm activity near Sunnyside Up
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Monthly Weather Calendar
Sunnyside Up station archive · Nags Head
SUNNYSIDE UP · NAGS HEAD
▦ DAILY OBSERVATIONS
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Weather History
Sunnyside Up station archive · Nags Head
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NC 12 & Bridge Cameras
Official NCDOT cameras · embedded live views · Corolla to Ocracoke
LIVE ROAD CAMERAS
See conditions along the Outer Banks road corridor.
Current camera views come directly from NCDOT DriveNC, including Northern Beaches, Wright Memorial Bridge and NC 12 locations south through Hatteras Island and Ocracoke. Tap Watch Live on any available camera: NCDOT HLS video plays in the card when supplied, while current-image-only cameras automatically refresh inside the same card. Confirm closures, restrictions, and travel guidance with DriveNC before traveling.
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Camera coverage gap
The current DriveNC inventory does not provide an NC 12 road camera between Mirlo Beach and Buxton, including most of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, and Avon.
NCDOT camera feeds can be repositioned, interrupted, or taken offline without notice. A camera view is not an official declaration that a road is open or safe for travel.
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Beach Access & Closures
Driving seasons, permits, rules & official access information
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Settings
Website preferences
WEBSITE PREFERENCES
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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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