• Ferries now open to a route chooser with a short description of each crossing. See the full day’s schedule with earlier sailings in gray, check service changes, and share the timetable for your date and direction. Emergency ferry eligibility appears at the top. • Beach Access makes local driving rules and nearby National Park Service ramp restrictions easier to find. Tap Official sources to see where the information came from and when it was checked. • As you scroll through coastal cameras, the region selector follows your place. You can open a camera even when its preview is unavailable. • On Apple Watch, Ocean Safety shows when seasonal flag reporting is paused. To leave an animated beach clock, open Face Settings and tap Return to OBX Watch App.

More of the Outer Banks. Easier island travel. • NEW: Ferries & Island Access Find schedules, fares, published service updates, boarding information and terminal directions for the Hatteras, Cedar Island and Swan Quarter ferries and the seasonal Ocracoke Express. • Plan your crossing Choose your travel date, check departures in both directions, view terminal maps and follow reservation links. Clearer departure terminals, destinations and schedule dates make planning easier. • Easily share ferry information Send a complete ferry guide to family, friends or guests, including schedules, fares, directions and helpful links. They can read the shared guide without installing the app. • Emergency access information Find information about the Stumpy Point–Rodanthe emergency ferry when activated, including published departures, boarding restrictions, terminal directions and official updates. Ferry operations and island entry restrictions are explained separately. • Updated travel details Schedules, fares and service notices can refresh without an app update. Dated reports help you see when information was published, with reminders to confirm expired information. • Expanded beach coverage Frisco and Ocracoke join our 12-location lineup. Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo now appear together in one convenient selection. • Improved radar Better controls on smaller screens, easier playback and zoom, and map views that stay in place during routine weather refreshes. • Holiday fun on Apple Watch Enjoy the animated OBX Misfits 2026 Crawl Christmas clock, with twinkling lights, time, date and weather. • Additional refinements Clearer sharing controls, cleaner screens, improved camera preview handling and more consistent expandable sections. Free. No ads. No subscriptions.

This update brings clearer forecasts and improved seasonal beach information. • Improved daily forecast layouts make temperatures and longer weather descriptions easier to read. • Beach conditions now clearly indicate when seasonal flag reporting is paused. • Seasonal scoring explanations are available under “How is this calculated?” • Refined Apple Watch complication refresh timing and retry behavior reduce unnecessary requests while prioritizing safety-related updates.

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 brings more Outer Banks scenery to your wrist, clearer beach access information and useful improvements throughout the app. • More Animated Beach Clocks Seven new scenes expand the collection to 18 designs, including haunted Manteo views and new Halloween and Thanksgiving scenes. Browse Coastal, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas & Misfits collections, and choose your design, beach and supported readings from your iPhone or Apple Watch. • Easier Watch browsing and clearer designs Larger previews, more readable beach names and data, improved spacing, refined bonfire effects and gentler Christmas lights. The Watch gallery remembers your place when you return to try another clock. • Expanded Beach Access & Closures Find beach-specific driving seasons, permit details, published costs, rules and official links. The beach selected at the top of the app controls the guide. Lighter panels, clearer expansion arrows and organized sections make information easier to read, and a new sharing option makes it easy to send a guide to someone else. • MinuteCast rain-notice fix Approaching-rain notices now clear when their forecast start time arrives, preventing elapsed events from continuing to say rain is “beginning” or “starting.” • Clearer CarPlay widgets Larger weather symbols and beach names, meaningful colors, clearer Water Temp and tide labels, and more configuration options. • Improved layouts Refined layouts for iPhone Duo and wider windows, with better spacing and accessibility text handling. 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 selection stays saved—reopen OBX to enjoy it again.

Version 1.6 brings more of the Outer Banks to your iPhone, Apple Watch and car. • 41 camera views: Explore 17 surf and coastal cameras plus 24 traffic and bridge cameras, with thumbnail previews and in-app viewing. • Live radar: Follow the rain with animated radar centered on your selected beach. • More detailed forecasts: See clearer next-six-hour and daily forecasts, with more information to help plan your day. • Clearer tides: Follow the tide cycle, predicted heights and upcoming high and low tides. • Daily Beach Brief: Sign up directly in the app for a free morning email tailored to your favorite beach. • Expanded sharing: Send friends and family a fuller picture of beach conditions, forecasts, tides and safety information. • Easier alert management: Dismiss Home banners after reading them while keeping active alerts easy to find. • A refreshed Apple Watch experience: Enjoy clearer complications and 16 custom profiles. Choose your beach, readings, colors and units on iPhone or Watch, with settings that save automatically and sync between apps. • Four distinct CarPlay and StandBy widgets: Choose Beach Weather, Next 6 Hours, Forecast, or Ocean & Tides. • A new welcome to 1.6: See the highlights the first time you open the updated iPhone and Watch apps. The Coast, Clearly.

Fixes an issue that could prevent the Surf Cam and YouTube link from opening the current live broadcast. Improves camera refresh and recovery when the broadcast changes.

Version 1.5.1 includes major Apple Watch improvements: • More reliable complication updates • Larger, easier-to-read complication data • New Current Weather middle-row complication • New 5-hour Hourly Forecast complication • Improved semantic weather colors and icons • Ocean Safety display improvements • Additional stability and reliability refinements

Version 1.5 introduces OBX Beach & Weather for Apple Watch, configurable beach widgets, richer push notifications, improved ocean-safety presentation, and faster, more reliable widget updates. Also new: • Apple Watch app with current conditions, Beach Score, surf, tides, forecasts, sun and moon information, and advisories • Per-beach Home Screen widgets for all 10 supported beaches • Expanded large widget dashboard • Rich notification images and in-app notification details • Improved beach and ocean-safety guidance • Off-season weather support • Numerous performance, reliability, and data-handling improvements

OBX Beach & Weather is now available on iPad! • Native iPad support with layouts designed for larger displays • Portrait and landscape support on iPad • High-resolution weather backgrounds optimized for iPad displays • iPad-optimized Home, Forecast, Beach, Surf Cam, and More experiences • Improved layouts for hourly and extended forecasts • Surf Cam improvements for iPad navigation and playback • Additional interface refinements and performance improvements The iPhone experience you already know remains fully supported.

Version 1.4.1 includes additional performance and reliability improvements throughout the app. • Improved weather and surf data handling • Faster, smoother app performance • Improved responsiveness and stability • Additional refinements and bug fixes

Version 1.4 adds several major new features and reliability improvements: • New Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing Beach Score, beach flag, tides, water temperature, alerts, and upcoming forecast information. • Optional notifications for severe weather warnings, watches and advisories, plus meaningful beach and ocean safety changes. • Swipe between the app’s main sections for faster, more natural navigation. • Improved background refreshing so weather information is more readily available when you open the app. • Improved location switching and cache handling across all 10 Outer Banks beaches. • Stronger current-condition freshness checks to avoid presenting outdated weather as current. • Improved beach-flag authority and handling of local Ocean Safety updates. • Numerous accuracy, performance, stability, and widget improvements.

Version 1.3 makes it easier to plan your beach day and stay informed across the Outer Banks. • New beach-access and closure notices for supported locations, including links to official information when available • Improved beach selector for quickly switching among all ten locations • Refreshed hourly and extended forecast presentation • Expanded tide and surf details, including water temperature, wave period, primary swell, and mapped surf references • General reliability, data-handling, and presentation improvements

Expanded coverage south of Nags Head with Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, and Hatteras Village. • Added location-specific beach access information, driving rules, closures, and official resources for Hatteras Island beaches. • Added direct Surfline surf conditions, swell details, wave period, and water temperatures where available. • Improved location-specific weather, tide, alert, caching, and data-refresh behavior. • Added a clearer top alert banner that adjusts the page layout automatically. • Added Share Today’s Conditions. • Removed the non-local Nags Head reference card from other beaches’ Home pages.

Added a new 6-hour hourly forecast to help you plan your day at the Outer Banks. This update also includes performance and display improvements for a smoother experience across iPhone sizes.