Emerald Isle Beach

Emerald Isle Beach is exactly what you want from a classic NC beach day wide, clean sand, gorgeous blue water, and a super relaxed vibe. The pier makes for awesome photos (especially walking underneath it with all the shadows and beams), and it’s fun spotting fishing boats offshore. We also saw shorebirds feeding along the waterline, which made a simple beach walk feel extra scenic. Great place to bring the family, take a long stroll, or just post up and enjoy the sound of the waves. We’ll absolutely be back.

Great NC beach. Day-visitor parking is tough in some areas but if you're renting you're all set. The near-Off-Season is the absolute best - the weather can be perfect. The water is warmer the waves are good for just messing around. The Beach Rescue drives by often but I saw no Beach Nazis hanging around. The Shibumi is the unofficial town beach umbrella-tent so be cool. Very few Jellyfish washed up. Tons of ghost crabs for kids to chase at night.

We really had a wonderful time, it's a beautiful beach, the atmosphere is good, but it would be nice if they fixed the area where everyone leaving the beach removes the salt, it's an unbearable bad smell, it feels like the water that comes out is recycled and comes back and comes in and comes back and goes, because it has a really bad smell if they charge $30 for five hours in the parking lot. Why don't they solve this problem? I've been three times and it's the same, I thought the first time it was something temporary, the second time too, but this is the third time and I have to say it, so they find a solution to that bad smell in that water to remove the salt from the beach. Afterwards, everything is great

Quite beach although where I was there is not much beach. Water is close even at low tide. Vehicles seem to be allowed to drive on da’ beach. Nice though.