Explore the OBX with live cameras, coastal forecasts, tides and alerts. New: 18 animated Apple Watch beach clocks, customizable complications and enhanced CarPlay widgets
OBX Beach & Weather
The Coast, Clearly.
Your Outer Banks day starts here. Find local forecasts, surf and tide information, live cameras, weather alerts and beach access guidance in one app—whether you live on the coast, visit for a week or check in from home.
Free to use. No subscriptions.
• Weather for your beach
Explore current conditions and hourly and daily forecasts for 10 Outer Banks beaches. Check temperature, feels-like readings, wind, rain chances, humidity and UV, with AccuWeather MinuteCast precipitation guidance and animated radar centered on your selected beach.
• Surf, tides and ocean conditions
See surf forecasts, water temperatures, high and low tide times, and tide charts. Review beach flags, rip-current guidance, weather alerts and a beach conditions score, with seasonal adjustments for cooler months.
• Live views from Corolla to Ocracoke
Watch surf and coastal cameras, plus 24 NC 12 traffic and bridge cameras, directly in the app. Browse by area, preview the conditions and open a larger view.
• Beach Access & Closures
Find beach-specific driving seasons, restrictions, permit information, published costs and instructions for obtaining permits. Expand the details you need, follow official links for current access information and share a beach’s guide with others.
• Your Daily Beach Brief
Sign up for a morning email tailored to your favorite beach. Share forecasts, tides, beach conditions and other useful information with family and friends.
• Apple Watch
Check beach weather, ocean conditions, tides, forecasts and alerts from your wrist. Personalize supported complications with your preferred beach, readings, colors and units.
For extra coastal fun, explore 18 optional Animated Beach Clocks, grouped into Coastal, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas & Misfits. Choose your design, beach and supported readings from your iPhone or Apple Watch.
Animated Beach Clocks are optional features for fun and enjoyment. They run inside the OBX Watch app and may increase battery use. Apple’s watchOS may return to your selected Apple Watch face after a timeout or interruption. Your clock selection stays saved so you can reopen OBX and enjoy it again.
• Widgets for the road
Use configurable Beach Weather, Next 6 Hours, Forecast, and Ocean & Tides widgets in CarPlay on supported systems, with clear weather symbols and beach-specific readings.
Built for iPhone and iPad, with layouts that adapt to wider displays, including iPhone Duo.
OBX Beach & Weather does not add advertising. Some third-party camera providers may show their own ads within camera content.
What about Roanoke Island, Manteo, Stumpy Point, Manns Harbor, East Lake?
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback. OBX Beach & Weather is designed specifically around the Outer Banks’ ocean beaches, with beach-focused information such as surf conditions, rip-current risk, tides, water temperature, beach forecasts and alerts.The app currently covers ocean beach locations from Corolla through Hatteras. Communities such as Manteo, Manns Harbor, Stumpy Point and East Lake are not ocean beach locations, so they are not listed as separate beaches, and much of the nearby area is already represented by our Nags Head coverage.We appreciate the suggestion and will keep broader area coverage in mind as the app continues to grow.
EIGHTEEN ANIMATED BEACH CLOCKS
Explore 18 optional Apple Watch clock scenes across Coastal, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas & Misfits. Seven additions include Halloween beach designs, Thanksgiving scenes, and haunted Manteo views. Choose your beach and supported readings from the iPhone or Watch app.
MAKE YOUR WATCH YOUR OWN
Use individual weather, ocean, tide, and safety complications, or personalize one of 16 Custom Profiles. Browse a clearer complication picker. While viewing an OBX clock, tap the large time or press and hold the scene to open Clock Options, change your selection, or close the clock.
CLEARER CARPLAY WIDGETS
See larger weather symbols and beach names, meaningful colors, Water Temp, and high/low tide labels. Configure your beach, units, layout, and supported readings, and choose forecast details.
BEACH ACCESS & CLOSURES
Find beach-specific access seasons, permit information, costs, and official links. Expand the details you need and share the selected beach's guide.
TIMELY RAIN NOTICES
Approaching-rain notices clear when their forecast start time arrives, while current conditions continue to show observed weather.
MORE ROOM, CLEARER LAYOUTS
Refined layouts make better use of wider screens and windows while keeping columns and controls readable.
Animated clocks are optional scenes inside the OBX app, not replacements for Apple's system watch faces. Animation can use more Watch battery. watchOS controls display timeouts and interruptions; your selection stays saved.
Version 1.7.1
The developer, OBX Beach & Weather, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Identifiers
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
OBX Beach & Weather, LLC
Size
257.2 MB
Category
Weather
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.