Coast Guard officials are urging Labor Day weekend beachgoers to exercise extreme caution when going into the water, especially for children and inexperienced swimmers, due to tropical storm impacts. Strong rip currents and high surf along the Mid-Atlantic coast are expected to make the water dangerous — even for the strongest swimmers. Even if the…Read More from Coast Guard warns Mid-Atlantic beachgoers of life-threatening rip currents throughout Labor Day weekend

by WOBX staff

As we head into the final weeks of summer, the Dare County Department of Health & Human Services would like to remind the public to be aware of and take preventative measures to reduce their risk of Vibrio infections as well as other recreational water-related illnesses (RWIs).  There has been a notable uptick in reported…Read More from VIDEO: Recreational water illness education from Dare County Health and Human Services

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FOR THE LATEST UPDATES, CLICK HERE: Rain, winds from Idalia arriving across eastern N.C.; more high surf, rip currents along Outer Banks with some overwash possible A double dose of tropical weather is going to bring the Outer Banks and eastern North Carolina multiple weather threats to wrap-up August, and has prompted some closings, cancellations…Read More from Rip currents, big surf continue along Outer Banks; all of N.C. coast under Tropical Storm Warning

by Sam Walker

Waves from distant Major Hurricane Franklin will increase throughout the day along the North Carolina coast, and with what’s left of Hurricane Idalia forecast to move through the southeast later this week, dangerous rip currents and shore break as well as a threat of minor ocean overwash is expected to last into the holiday weekend…Read More from VIDEO: Dangerous rip current risk to continue all week along Outer Banks from Franklin, Idalia

by Sam Walker

Right on schedule, tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico has been ramping up, and the Outer Banks beaches are going to be feeling some direct effects over the final week of August from a major hurricane passing well offshore. Meanwhile, there is the possibility of some much-needed rain crossing eastern North…Read More from Tropical cyclones to create dangerous surf, rip currents through next weekend along Outer Banks

by Sam Walker

The risk of numerous dangerous rip currents and shorebreak is forecast to continue through the weekend and into next week, as what is expected to become the second hurricane of 2023 moves through the Atlantic and passes between the North Carolina coast and Bermuda. The National Weather Service says the long period swell, coupled with…Read More from Enhanced risk of rip currents likely along Outer Banks into next week as Franklin passes offshore

by Sam Walker