Find a Lifeguard
Ocean Rescue staffing is at off season levels. Many beaches that had lifeguard stands are now unguarded or covered by a roving patrol. If help is needed, know your location and call 911!
Never swim alone. Lifeguards and important information that is posted on lifeguard stands along the Outer Banks provide beachgoers with valuable information about current beach conditions.
Lifeguard locations throughout Dare County and their times of operation for 2023 are as follows:
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day (with a roving patrol through October 15)
Albatross Street*
Abalone Street
Bonnett Street
Hollowell Street
Town Hall*
Enterprise Street
Epstein Street Bathhouse
Forrest Street
Gray Eagle Street*
Gulfstream Street
Hargrove Street
Ida Street*
Indigo Street
Juncos Street
Limulus Street*
Stands with a * will not be staffed from May 30 - June 18.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day (plus a roving patrol)
Byrd Street
Eckner Street
Lillian Street
Kitty Hawk Bath House
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day (with a roving patrol through October 15)
Helga Street
Hayman Boulevard
Eden Street
Avalon Drive
Fifth Street
Third Street
Second Street
First Street
Coral Drive
Asheville Drive
Woodmere Avenue
Carlow Avenue
Ocean Bay Boulevard
Oregon Avenue
Baum Street
Clark Street
Martin Street
Atlantic Street
Neptune Drive
Lake Drive
Eighth Street
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day
Hillcrest Drive
Chicahauk Trail
(plus a roving patrol through October 31)
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mid-June through Mid-August
East Dogwood Trail
142 Ocean Boulevard
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., May 27, 2023 through September 4, 2023
Caffey’s Inlet
Sprigtail Drive
Barrier Island Station
Schooner Ridge Drive
Christopher Drive
Four Seasons Lane
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 17, 2023 through August 13, 2023
Ocean Pines Drive
Widgeon Drive
South Snow Geese Drive
Dune Road
Scarborough Lane
Plover Drive
Charles Jenkins Lane
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day
Coquina Beach (across from the Bodie Island Lighthouse)
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Beach (adjacent to the Old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse site)
Frisco Beach (located just south of Frisco Village)
Ocracoke Beach (1.5 miles south of the National Park Service campground OR .5 mile north of Ocracoke Village)
Please note, as staffing levels and conditions on the beach change, Outer Banks lifeguard stand locations may be shifted to roving patrol or closed. Please heed words of caution, advisories and/or the flying of red (no swimming) flags. These are issued for your safety.