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Ocracoke Island
USA, South East, North Carolina
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Easy, just a 45 min ferry ride from Hatteras. Ocracoke Island, accessible only by water or air, is part of Hyde County. It is one of the barrier islands of the Outer Banks of North Carolina DistanceTake a car WalkShort walk (5-15 mn) Easy to find?Easy to find Public access?Public access Special access4x4 |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityNormal
ExperienceExperienced surfers
FrequencySometimes break
Wave
TypeSand-bar
DirectionRight and left
BottomSandy
PowerFast, Powerful, Ledgey
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionSouth, SouthEast
Good wind directionNorth, NorthWest, West
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+
Best tide positionLow and mid tide
Best tide movementRising tide
More details
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdFew surfers
Dangers
- Rips / undertow
Additional Information
park ur car at the airport, take the walk, and surf
It only breaks good here during hurricanes but usually something to ride
The "public" beach is a pounding shorebreak and the airport beach is good
but you need atleast 3 feet for it to break on the sandbar
It is a very racy wave, almost a closeout, but fun cuz it breaks fast and then backsoff
over the trough and then about another 20 yds of surf before the shorebreak
Bring ur longboard and your fastest board
Atmosphere
About 2 surf shops, about 10 local surfers
and maybe 5-7 guys out on a good day, usually
closes out after 8 feet so everyone
goes to hatteras
General
it can be world class if u catch it right
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Comments
By Hatteras Local , 04-08-2005
It's not that consistent - I'm from Hatteras Village, born and raised. I know plenty about the surf that goes on down south. The surf is not that special down there, it rarely gets any better than the surf in Hatteras. And there is no way that anyone checked the surf in Frisco, saw that the wind was on-shore, went to Ocracoke and found the same wind blowing off-shore. It's impossible unless the wind switched on your ferry ride. On-shore in Frisco is either SW or SE depending on where your at... both of those winds blow sideshore down in ocracoke. But don't get me wrong I love Ocock it's a great place to go if you like to ride fairies. Let's hear one for the dirty dirty south.... SOUTHSIDE 4 LIFE
By anonymous , 29-07-2004
- went to ocracoke while on vacation. Was onshore at frisco, but perfect offshore 6foot waves at Ocracoke, incredible day!
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By surfing , 03-04-2007
- ive been down there sometimes where its chest to head and glassy but most of the time wen i go down there its choppy and i take the ferry back to hatteras its an ok spot but when its good its good and and theres barely a crowd