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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.
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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Sunnyside Up · Nags Head
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OBX Beach & Weather App
Outer Banks weather, Beach Score, ocean safety, surf, tides, alerts, live conditions, and more — built around the beach you choose, now across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, compatible Apple-silicon Macs, and Android.
Version 1.5•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 Cam, 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 for current conditions, ocean safety, tides, forecasts, alerts and advisories, sun and moon information, plus customizable complications.
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 1.5
Built for more devices and more of the yearApple Watch companion
Version 1.5 adds dedicated Watch screens for Now, Ocean, Tides, Forecast, Alerts, and Sun & Moon, along with complication support.
Rich OBX advisory notifications
Opt in to beach-specific OBX Beach & Weather advisories, including optional biting-fly notices and image-rich push notifications on supported Apple devices.
Faster, beach-aware widgets
Updated widgets use per-beach cached snapshots so all ten beaches can load quickly and configurable widgets can stay tied to the beach you choose.
True off-season weather support
Season-aware scoring and guidance now account for cold, wind exposure, rough surf, cold-water context, snow, sleet, freezing rain, wintry mix, and accumulation when applicable.
More durable tides
Future tide predictions are stored more durably for the phone, Watch, widgets, and complications so the next tide can remain useful through temporary network interruptions.
Richer sharing
Share cards can include Beach Score, current conditions, Feels Like, humidity, UV Index, the next six hours, and upcoming daily forecast information.
Refined surf presentation
The surf model and display were tightened for more useful wave-height ranges and better rough-sea context as conditions become more energetic.
Clearer alert priority
High-priority red alerts take precedence across the app so urgent weather or safety information is harder to miss.
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 beach cam
Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets on supported devices plus quick access to the live oceanfront Nags Head beach cam.
SEE THE APP
Real OBX Beach & Weather phone screensA look at the core phone experience before and during your beach day.
THE APP ON IPAD
The full beach-day experience on a larger screenVersion 1.5 includes an iPad-friendly presentation with the same weather, Beach Score, ocean-safety, surf, tide, forecast, and alert information.
OBX BEACH & WEATHER ON APPLE WATCH
Glanceable conditions, ocean information, tides, forecast, and sun & moonThe Apple Watch companion puts the most useful beach information on your wrist, with swipeable screens and complication support.
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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.
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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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.
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OCEANFRONT INSTRUMENTS
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Live readings from the Sunnyside Up oceanfront station.
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LIGHTNING DETECTION
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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
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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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