About Ocean Isle Beach

Ocean Isle Beach, NC is the perfect place for a beach vacation!

Take off your shoes for a walk down the strand and within minutes, you'll know why visitors keep coming back to Ocean Isle Beach year after year.

A barrier island attached to the mainland by a bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway, Ocean Isle has everything you need for a relaxing vacation. Home to 525 year-round residents and a seasonal population of 25,000, Ocean Isle offers a quiet family beach atmosphere with quaint shops and restaurants serving up mouth-watering regional cuisine.

Stretching for seven miles along the Atlantic Ocean, our beach provides the perfect place for a relaxing morning swim in the surf, building sandcastles with your family or turtle-watching in the evening.

If you want to try your hand at fishing, head down to the Ocean Isle Beach Fishing Pier, one of the oldest fishing piers on the coast, or take advantage of one of the local charter fishing services. If you have your own boat, you may launch from the town's public boat ramp.

Golfers will find more than 100 excellent courses within a 45-minute drive of Ocean Isle offering challenging play and spectacular greens.

Children can enjoy the planned activities at the Ocean Isle Beach Community Center, Monday through Thursday in the summers, or learn about our coastal history through the educational programming at the Museum of Coastal Carolina.

Whether you're in the mood for something casual or more formal, enjoy the seafood at one of Ocean Isle's waterfront restaurants overlooking the ocean or the waterway.