The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of September 13 include the following: Seashore Updates Night driving (24 hours a day) will be allowed at [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, in partnership with Outer Banks Forever and the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society, will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first lighting of the Bodie Island Lighthouse during a one-hour ceremony at 10 a.m. Oct. 1, 2022. The anniversary ceremony at the historic Bodie Island Light Station will feature remarks from Cape [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) visitors should avoid the beach between the north end of Rodanthe and South Shore Drive until early next week, when ocean conditions are expected to improve. Avoiding the approximately two-mile stretch of beach is recommended due to ocean overwash, rough surf and debris from nearby houses, including open and damaged [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Ocean overwash is expected to impact many ORV beach routes over the next several days due to distant Hurricane Earl, per an update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). Even though Hurricane Earl is forecast to stay east of Bermuda, its sustained 105 mph winds, (as of Thursday at 8:00 a.m.), are producing large waves and [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

With 443,905 visitors recorded in July, (following the second-busiest June ever with a total of 424,206 visitors), the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another banner year for visitation in 2022. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded a total of 1,631,665 visitors for the first seven months of [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are invited to join rangers at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a public sea turtle nest excavation on Labor Day, September 5. The excavation will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m., and visitors can park at the Pony Pen Beach Access lot. The nest i located just 0.03 miles south of [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

With a total of 373 turtle nests recorded along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) as of the end of August, 2022 is a banner year for the sea turtle nesting season, with the second-highest number of nests reported since data collection began. Sea turtle nests laid by loggerheads, green turtles, and leatherbacks have been [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

  The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of August 25 include the following: Seashore Updates On Aug. 23, the National Park Service approved a [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Visitors and residents on Hatteras Island are invited to join rangers at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a public sea turtle nest excavation tomorrow, August 26, at 10 a.m. in Buxton, per an update from the nonprofit organization, Outer Banks Forever. The details of the event are listed below: Parking location: Buxton Lifeguard Beach parking lot. Nest [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

On Wednesday, Aug. 23, National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director Mark Foust signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Ocracoke Light Station Rehabilitation Project Environmental Assessment (EA) at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The EA evaluated the impacts of rehabilitating the Ocracoke Light Station, which includes the Ocracoke Lighthouse, Double Keepers’ [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Former Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) law enforcement ranger, Valerie Streiff, received the U.S. Coast Guard’s Silver Lifesaving Medal this morning for her efforts to save visitors from a rip current on Oct. 18, 2020. At the Silver Lifesaving Medal presentation event, held at U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet, the following award citation was [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

David Hallac, Superintendent of National Parks of Eastern NC, will talk about endangered oceanfront housing in Rodanthe on Wednesday, August 24th at 6:30 pm. The talk will be held at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building, 23646 NC 12, Rodanthe, opposite the historic Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station. The RWS Civic Association is sponsoring the talk. All are welcome [...] Seashore News |  Full Article