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Outer Banks Guide

Kill Devil
Hills

Outer Banks

Everything for a day on the Outer Banks sand: conditions, parking, the sunset over the memorial hill and where to eat after.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Surf, tides & water temp

Parking Finder

Free beach accesses & bathhouses

Memorial Sunset

The hill over Roanoke Sound

Dining

Oysters, tacos & Outer Banks steak

Things to Do

Watersports, dolphins & charters

Events

What's on this week

Beach Rules

Dogs, drinks, fires, drones

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Ocean Bay Blvd Access

Bathhouse & full accessibility

Free lot · lifeguard

Third Street Access

Central beach access & showers

Free lot

Helga Street Access

Quieter north-end stretch

Free lot

Clark Street Access

South-end walk-on access

Free lot

Avalon Pier

Nearly 700-ft fishing pier & grill

Pier fee · parking

Wright Bros Memorial

First-flight dunes & monument

Park fee · big lot

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Nags Head

5 min south

Jockey's Ridge dunes & the sunset climb

Kitty Hawk

5 min north

First-flight town & quiet beaches

Manteo

15 min west

Roanoke Island, the Lost Colony & waterfront

Duck

20 min north

Soundfront boardwalk, shops & sunsets

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Kill Devil Hills. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.

Right now at Kill Devil Hills, the water is 64°F, surf is running 2–3 ft and the air is 65°F. Wind is 8 mph from the NE and the UV index peaks at 3 (moderate) today. Unprotected fair skin burns in about 240 minutes right now. Today’s tides: High 12:58 AM, Low 7:08 AM, High 1:27 PM, Low 8:07 PM. Dogs are allowed right now, on a leash. Allowed until May 31.