Happy Friday! Hope everyone enjoyed there day/week here on the island. We had beautiful, almost fall like temps this morning. The temps for today topped off at 81F with winds out of the NE currently at 16mph. Looks like we are in for a nice Labor Day weekend.
Slot Drum in Rodanthe and Avon today along with Pompano in Avon as well.
Spanish earlier at the point.
No offshore report today, boats stayed tied up.
Quiet on the south beaches.
Inshore boats however had a great day with keeper Red Drum, Bluefish and citation Red Drum.
Hats off to the Hook Up Charters out of Hatteras with 23 citation sized Red Drum today.! Captain John fished them hard today.
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- (7/10/2024) – Today’s high was 84 while the low was 79 with light to gentle winds. Gusts up to 18mph. Currently it’s 81, feels like 85, with S winds around 10mph. Tomorrow winds should continue from the S and increase by the evening. Temps will be a bit warmer with a predicted high of 88. Slight chance… Continue Reading
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- (7/9/2023) – The high was 81 while the low was 72 with light to moderate winds. Gusts up to 20mph today. Currently it’s 75, feels like 78, with WSW winds around 6mph. Tomorrow’s weather is predicted to be similar to today’s with an increased chance of rain and thunderstorms in the morning. Sound water temp: 81-85 Ocean… Continue Reading
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- (7/9/2022) – Today’s high got up to 84. It was a sticky day. Winds were gentle to moderate and mostly out of the W today. It currently feels like 84 with winds out of the NNW at 8mph. Tomorrow’s temps look similar but the winds are a different story. They look to be switching to the E… Continue Reading
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- (7/8/2021) – Elsa came in today and left us with some rain and winds. High temperature for today was 82F. Right now we have winds out of the South at 34mph. Keep an eye out, we still have a Tropical Storm Warning until early Friday morning for winds 35-45mph, gusts to 55. Just because the storm has… Continue Reading



