Seagull Says: Wednesday's not the weekend but we can pretend.

🌊 TODAY’S TIDE (Weather + Surf Report)

• 🌤️ Weather
  Temps are flirting with 80°F, but it’s mostly part-time clouds and part-time sunshine. There’s a 15% chance of a surprise shower just to keep you humble. Winds out of the south at 9 mph—enough for a dramatic beach hat moment, but not enough to ruin your ice cream cone. Low drops to 68°F tonight under mostly cloudy skies that can’t decide if they’re coming or going.

• 🏄‍♂️ Surf Report
  Not too shabby—morning waves are rolling in at a decent 3 to 4 feet, so early risers might actually get a little stoke. Things mellow out in the afternoon with a drop to 2 to 3 feet, but still rideable if you’re not trying to break any personal records. Call it “just enough” to feel cool carrying your board to the car.

📅 WEDNESDAY’S WHEREABOUTS

The midweek slump never stood a chance—here’s where to go if you need an excuse to leave your house and/or your inbox.

• 🧘 10:00 AM — Chair Yoga: Spring Awakening
  📍 Paul F. Keller Meeting Hall, Duck Town Park
  Spring cleaning for your joints. Twist, stretch, and channel your inner houseplant—all from the safety of a sturdy chair. Free, fabulous, and no spandex required.

• 🐢 10:00 AM — STAR Center Turtle Tour
  📍 NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island
  Go behind the scenes of the sea turtle spa—where the flippered guests are recovering from their wild nights (and cold stuns). Ages 8+, $18, worth every shell.

• 🎲 3:30–5:30 PM — Game Night at Front Porch Café
  📍 Front Porch Café, Nags Head
  Sip, snack, and sabotage your friends over a game of Sorry. Pastries are your only real allies here. BYO competitiveness.

• 🏛️ 4:00 PM — Duck Planning Board Meeting
  📍 Duck Town Park
  Plot twist: zoning drama! Come for the public comment section, stay because you’re suddenly passionate about stormwater runoff. Democracy never tasted so coastal.

• 🎶 6:00–9:00 PM — Jeremy & The Generations Live
  📍 Fish Heads Bar & Grill
  Outer Banks rockers playing everything from classic hits to “wait, is this from TikTok?” Order something fried, sing along badly, and pretend you knew the words all along.

📰 HEADLINES + CHATTER

Stuff locals argued about, shared twice, and screenshotted into oblivion.

• 🛳️ Bigfoot Slough = Big Ferry Delay
  The summer schedule for Pamlico Sound ferries is on hold thanks to shallow waters in the Bigfoot Slough channel near Ocracoke. The dredging fix kicks off later this month (weather willing), so until then, expect springtime sailing. The boats are ready, the crew’s caffeinated—but until that water deepens, you’re staying in the shallow end.

• 🚗 Slow Your Roll: N.C. 12 Drops to 35 MPH on May 15
  Seasonal speed limits return this Thursday across the Outer Banks—Rodanthe to Corolla is going chill-mode at 35 mph. It’s not just about safety—it’s about giving your passengers time to finish their Duck Donuts before the next stoplight. Full throttle resumes in September.

• 🐾 OBX Pet Wedding Concierge Is Now a Thing
  Yes, it’s real. Poodles and Bob in Manteo is offering Wedding Pet Concierge Services, so your dog can now outshine your flower girl. Want your pup dressed to the nines and escorted down the aisle like royalty? Give 'em a call. Just don't be surprised when your terrier ends up in more pictures than your new in-laws.

• 📻 Weather Radios? Temporarily Ghosted.
  NOAA Weather Radio stations serving the Outer Banks are getting a glow-up and will be off the air through Wednesday. If you're one of the loyal few still listening to forecasts via airwaves, don't worry—this is temporary. Hit up weather.gov/mhx or, you know, just open an app like the rest of us.

• 🌬️ NC12’s Got That Extra Crunch Today
  The Dare County Sheriff’s Office says sand is covering parts of NC12—from Basnight’s Bridge to Pea Island Visitor Center in Rodanthe and also through Sandy Bay in Hatteras. Roads are passable, but visibility is dropping. Translation? It’s giving sandblaster chic. Drive slow or end up exfoliated.

• 🐎 Foal Drama on the Rachel Carson Reserve
  Hey, tourists: If your weekend “nature walk” ends with a baby horse stranded on an oyster rock, you’ve done it wrong. A 6-day-old foal got separated from her mama after visitors and boats stressed out the stallion, who herded the rest of the crew away, leaving baby high and (eventually) wet. Shoutout to herd manager Paula Gillikin for going full wildlife rescue and reuniting mom and baby by boat before sunset. Moral of the story: back it up several hundred yards and admire from a distance. This isn’t a petting zoo—it’s survival.

📍THE BEAK OF APPROVAL

🦀Steamers — Where Crab Cakes and Ocean Views Are a Package Deal
This Southern Shores staple has been steaming (and slaying) seafood since 1994. Think jumbo lump crab cakes, black bean soup, and that clambake-in-a-pot you’ll pretend you made yourself. Casual enough for sandy flip-flops, classy enough for your vacation dinner flex.📍1 Ocean Blvd, Southern Shores

Bonus: Their upstairs deck has ocean views and cheesecake. You’re welcome.

🚔 SAFETY STUFF + SIDE-EYES

From suspicious shadows to beachside drama, here’s what made the scanner blink.

• 🚔 PSA: “This Is the Sheriff’s Office—Now Give Us Money”
  Nope. That’s a scam. The Dare County Sheriff’s Office wants you to know: if someone calls saying you missed court, owe money, skipped jury duty, or need to pay a fine over the phone? Hang up and walk away. Deputies do not call you for payments. They also do not accept Apple Pay, gift cards, or cash stuffed in an envelope “left under the bench outside CVS.” If you’re unsure, call the real deal at (252) 475-5980 and avoid being this week’s cautionary tale.

• 👶 Seat Check + Sirens = Tuesday Plans
  The Manteo PD is teaming up with Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Dept for a Car Seat Check day. Swing by 11am–3pm to have your kid’s seat inspected, meet firefighters, and maybe sit in a big red truck. It’s like Disney World for toddlers, minus the lines and $19 popcorn.

• 🪵 Ocean Crest Way: Property Damage + Poor Decisions
  Officers responded to a call about an impaired man breaking stuff. He got a hospital ride, a relative paid for the damages, and no charges were filed. It’s nice when family covers both bail and broken porch furniture.

• 👀 E. Seahawk Drive: “Who’s That at My Door?”
  An out-of-town homeowner spotted a guy jiggling her door handle via security cam. Plot twist: it wasn’t a burglar—it was a subcontractor trying to leave a business card. Still spooky, but not illegal. Reminder: everyone’s watching everything, always.

• 🥊 Duck Road: Employee Brawl at Sunset Grille
  A workplace “disagreement” at Sunset Grille and Raw Bar turned into fists flying. One employee—35-year-old Tameo Bashford from Charlotte—was arrested for simple assault and hauled off to the Dare County Detention Center on a $2,000 bond. Just a reminder that if you throw hands at work, you might be clocking out into a holding cell.

⛱️ VACAY OR STAY

🏡 FOR SALE: SUNSETS, SPACE, AND A WHOLE BONUS APARTMENT
This Kitty Hawk Landing gem backs up to protected marshland, which means you get sound views, privacy, and zero chance of a neighbor popping up behind you. With 4 bedrooms in the main house, a sunroom, office, and a full guest apartment added in 2007, this one’s part family compound, part vacation fantasy. Oh, and yes—there’s a bathroom you can access from outside. Because beach life.

📍3936 Tarkle Ridge Drive, Kitty Hawk | $745,000 | MLS #127941

Bonus: That apartment? Has its own kitchen, deck, and income potential. You’re thinking about it now, aren’t you?

🌊 VACAY: OCEAN BUTTERFLY II—SO MUCH HOUSE, YOU MIGHT FORGET THE BEACH
This 5-bedroom oceanside retreat in Kitty Hawk comes with a private heated* pool, hot tub, elevator, rec room with pool table and foosball, and ocean views from nearly every angle. It’s just 300 feet to the sand—but good luck leaving with all this going on.

📍Kitty Hawk, NC | Ocean Butterfly II

Bonus: Comes with HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, and five bathrooms—aka, no one’s fighting for the remote or the shower.

🗣️ HEARD AROUND THE WAY

• 🎈 Someone in Nags Head threw a gender reveal party and released balloons into the wind. Congrats on the baby, and the fine. Mother Nature is giving lots of side-eye.

• 🚙 A Corolla guest said, “The sand looked firm,” and drove their SUV straight into a dune. Recovery required a tow and two frozen margaritas to recover emotionally.

🔗 QUICK LINKS

• ⛴️Ferry Schedule – Because you can’t teleport to the Outer Banks, yet.

• 🐾OBX SPCA Pet of the Week: Mitzi is purring and pleading for her fur-ever home!

• 🌊Live Surf Cams – For pretending you care about the swell while actually checking beach crowds.

• 💬Submit a Tip or Event – Got gossip? We’re all ears (and beaks).

🧂FINAL PEEP FROM THE PERCH

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