Make the most of your time in Emerald Isle with a few guest-favorite essentials — perfect for the beach, sound, and everything in between. Links provided are our Amazon affiliate links.
We love exploring the island from the water. Encountering dolphins is not uncommon and you have the ocean and the sound to pick from! We recommend bring an inflatable paddleboard that features...
Stable 3-fin design
Packs small for travel
Wide body to help with stability
Emerald Isle beaches are beautiful — but shells, oysters, and hot sand can be tough on bare feet. The surf shoes linked below are our favorite to help protect your feet and have additional bonuses to them as well...
Drain water and sand
Easy on/off when wet
Lightweight and store easily in a bag
Lightweight, quick-drying, and far less sandy than traditional towels — perfect for beach days. Turkish style beach towels are a great option to bring so you can be back at the beach back-to-back days with dry towels just by air drying.
They are our go to towel when hitting the beach!
Most people remember to bring their fishing rods but we love bringing a cast net too. Catching your own bait will help you catch more fish and also in August into November you can find many shrimp in the sound. The cast net we recommend below has a 4ft radius with 3/8th mesh which makes it easy for you to throw and catch plenty of bait.
We recommend highly the Shibumi Shade for the beach to help get a break from the sun. It packs up extremely light, setups up easy, and provides great shade. You will see them lined up all the way down the beach during the summer. Its made by a great North Carolina based company as well!