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Fresh bread made daily.

Onshore wind has it a little choppy this morning. Swell is waist high and a bit dumpy. SE wind at 8.

pretty calm this morning with a few scattered knee high waves. Weak and soft breaking. Great morning to get the kids in the water. Winds calm.

Calm this morning with a few scattered knee high waves. Light SW wind.

Semi clean knee to waist high swell. Slow breaking with short sections. Winds from the South at 10.

Slightly choppy waist to chest high swell. A little sloppy. WSW wind at 15.

Don’t forget…This Fig Festival is this weekend (August 5th and 6th, 2022)!

Stop in for a delicious steak dinner.

Stiff SW wind at 21 this morning has it fairly choppy. swell is knee to occasional waist high. poor shape with plenty of drift to go with it.

Don’t forget to stop in for a little sweet treat while visiting the island this week. We are open 10am-5pm this week. We have ice cream, candies of all sorts, homemade fudge and coffee. We look forward to seeing you!

Beat the heat and satisfy your sweet tooth at the Lunchbox today with a Mexican chocolate chia pudding with strawberries (vegan, no added sugar and super yummy!) and Hyde County melon and strawberry cups. Healthy and delicious!

Surf is fairly calm this morning. A few scattered knee high waves. Pretty weak. Winds light and variable. Lightning in the area.

Another windblown choppy morning. Swell is waist to chest and dumpy. Stiff SW wind.

Hot fudge caramel heath bar dipped cone. Limited supply so don’t wait!

Work and live on the Outer Banks! Kitty Hawk Kites is hiring reservationists, store crew members, recreation crew members, inventory pickers, managers, buyers and more! Housing available!

Another sloppy morning with Stiff SW wind. It’s choppy with waist to occasionally chest high swell. SW wind at 20.

A little more size this morning with a few chest high waves. It’s choppy and inconsistent with a stiff SW wind at about 20.

Choppy this morning with a few knee to waist high waves. Crumbly & a bit disorganized. SW wind at 17.


This week have Americana-Folk duo Chandler & Hill on Tuesday, July 26th. Followed by Kill Devil Disco’s very own DJ Al Key & Marty Martin Denny on Friday, July 29th! It’s gonna be a good week…we can just feel it.