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Hatteras / Buxton Motels ( ID hatteras___buxton_hotels )      Hits: 431
You are here: North America > North Carolina (USA) > Hatteras / Buxton Motels ( ID hatteras___buxton_hotels )
Continent: North America
Country: North Carolina (USA)
Next Big City (Airport):  Norfolk
Next Town: Buxton
Latitude:   35.2684
Longitude: -75.5182
Type:
- Ocean
Rider Ability:
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurfing
- Windsurfing
- Surfing
Features:
- Rooms
- Shower
- Toilet
- Food

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Near Beaches
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Hatteras / Canadian Hole (3.36 km) Best Direction: NE SW Type: Shallow Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)
Hatteras / Joe P. Beach (3.71 km) Best Direction: N NNE NE Type: Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)
Hatteras / Vermont Hole (3.76 km) Best Direction: SW Type: Shallow Flat Chop
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Water
Type:
- Small Wave (< 1m)
- Medium Wave (1-3m)
- Big Wave (> 3m)
Hazards:
- None

Quality:
- Clean
Best Tide:
- Tide Independent


Nice waves up to 6m high, depending on wind direction and swell.

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 Beach
Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Medium

Hazards:
- Bystanders
- Other
Beach crowds:
- June
- July
- August


Sandy beach. Land and launch to the north of the motels. Wooden fences in front of the motels.

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 Weather
Spring:
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit
Summer:
- Shorts

Fall:
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit
Winter:
- Normal Wetsuit


Season from March to November. Year-round possible if you ride on the warmer SW winds with warm water currents. Wetsuits needed beginning and end of the year, just shorts from late spring to early fall. Warm gulf-stream ocean currents keep air and water temperatures warm nearly year-round.

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 Wind

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Best Months:
- January
- February
- June
- July
- October
- November
- December
Wind Type:
- Frontal Winds
- Trade Winds

Best Direction:
- N
- NE
- SE
- S
Main Direction:
- NE
- SW


In June and July 90% wind from SW. Starts at 3pm, strongest at 7pm and lasts until sunset. In August and September the wind is not consistent. In October and November 70% wind. In December to February windy almost daily. In March to May frontals and winds from SW, NW and NE. Main directions: NE and SW. Works in: S, SE, N, NE. Updraft directly in front of the hotels.

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 How to get there
Transport:
- Car
Access:
- Short Walk


Easiest is a rental car. Follow the signs to the Outer Banks from Norfolk (route 168S and then 158S). Then take route 12 south all the way down and just before Buxton get on the beach just north of the motels.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- None


Popular beach for ending or beginning an ocean downwinder.

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