Ocean Breezes Blog

Welcome to beautiful Wrightsville Beach, NC!  We're glad you're here and we hope that you'll be back.  Again and again.

To that end, please be careful when you are swimming in the ocean.  We've had a spate of very strong rip currents lately and they are predicting they will be much worse by the end of the week due to Hurricane Earl. 

You can track Earl here.  It's too early to know what impact he will have on our shores, he is expected to narrowly miss us.  But we will still have to deal with some rough surf and rip currents. 

Should you find yourself in a rip current please heed these tips:

• Remain calm
• Don't fight against the current
• Swim out of the current in a direction following the the shoreline
• Once out of the current swim at an angle away from the rip current towards the shore

I'm not trying to scare anyone, and I'm not telling you not to swim.  Just be careful.  Pay attention to the lifeguards and their directions. 

And please, never swim alone.  Even when the waters are calm it's always best to have a buddy along.  Not only is it more fun, it's safer.

Enjoy your stay in Wrightsville Beach, NC.  And please, come back soon!