Winter 2026 edition
Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
what's good
around here.
Where to eat, what to do, and where to stay on Ocean Isle Beach.
Cover storyWinter in ParadiseSnowbirds flock to OIB.Read the story
Stay
Places to stay
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Carolina Shores North · CalabashSpacious Calabash Home | Private Hot Tub!
8 guests · 3 bedrooms · 2.5 baths Private hot tubFire pitOffice 4.93 on Airbnb (71 reviews) -
Cameron Woods · Ocean Isle BeachClose to calabash •Large OASIS home •OIB • golf
10 guests · 4 bedrooms · 3 baths Game roomCommunity poolPickleball 5.0 on Airbnb (47 reviews) -
The Blue Bungalow · Ocean Isle BeachPrivate Hot Tub • Outdoor Movies • Fire Pit •COZY
8 guests · 3 bedrooms · 1 bath Private poolHot tubOutdoor movies 4.93 on Airbnb (42 reviews) -
Sunshine Shanty · Ocean Isle BeachPrivate hot tub -outdoor movies- Firepit-OASIS
6 guests · 3 bedrooms · 1 bath Private poolHot tubOutdoor movies 5.0 on Airbnb (19 reviews)
The island
Coming up on the island
Coming up
Where to eat tonight
November through March
November is when the island gets quiet. That's the best part.
Here for a season
A month here in January
Stay a month in winter. Free parking, open tee times, afternoons in the 50s, and the island to yourself.
- A month or moreAsk us about a winter stay in one of our homes
- January average high57°, against 37° in Boston
- ParkingFree on the island until April 1
Owners
Own a house here?
We're adding homes on and around the island. Tell us about yours.
Write to us about a homeBusinesses
Run a business here?
Your page on the guide is free. Photos, hours, menu, and the number people should call.
Claim your pageStay
Places to stay
Homes on and around Ocean Isle Beach, hosted by owners we know. Each one is booked on Airbnb, with the people who own it.
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Spacious Calabash Home | Private Hot Tub!
8 guests · 3 bedrooms · 2.5 baths Private hot tubFire pitOffice 4.93 on Airbnb (71 reviews) -
Close to calabash •Large OASIS home •OIB • golf
10 guests · 4 bedrooms · 3 baths Game roomCommunity poolPickleball 5.0 on Airbnb (47 reviews) -
Private Hot Tub • Outdoor Movies • Fire Pit •COZY
8 guests · 3 bedrooms · 1 bath Private poolHot tubOutdoor movies 4.93 on Airbnb (42 reviews) -
Private hot tub -outdoor movies- Firepit-OASIS
6 guests · 3 bedrooms · 1 bath Private poolHot tubOutdoor movies 5.0 on Airbnb (19 reviews)
Side by side
| Home | Where | Guests | Bedrooms | Baths | Pool | Hot tub | Nearest beach |
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| Spacious Calabash Home | Private Hot Tub! | Carolina Shores North, Calabash | 8 | 3 | 2.5 | None | Private | Sunset Beach, 15 min |
| Close to calabash •Large OASIS home •OIB • golf | Cameron Woods, Ocean Isle Beach | 10 | 4 | 3 | Community pool, in season | None | Ocean Isle Beach, minutes away |
| Private Hot Tub • Outdoor Movies • Fire Pit •COZYThe Blue Bungalow | Ocean Isle Beach | 8 | 3 | 1 | Private, April to October | Private | Ocean Isle Beach, 8 min |
| Private hot tub -outdoor movies- Firepit-OASISSunshine Shanty | Ocean Isle Beach | 6 | 3 | 1 | Private, April to October | Private | Ocean Isle Beach, 8 min |
Drive times are the hosts' own. None of these homes takes pets.
The island
the Ocean Isle Beach guide.
Where to eat, what's going on, how the beach works, and what's worth the drive over the bridge.
Explore
Eat, drink, play, get outside
If a business has a website, we checked it. If it doesn't, we show a search link instead of guessing. Listings are free. If a business ever pays to be here, it will say so. Nothing on this page is a paid review.
Moving here
Weather by month
Average highs by month. Brunswick County is the fastest-growing county in North Carolina, and most of the people moving in came down from the Northeast or back up from Florida.
Getting around
Drive times
If you're serious about it, spend a winter month here first. Then talk to someone who did.
Essentials
Official links
Owners
Own a house here?
We're adding homes on and around Ocean Isle Beach to StayOIB. Tell us about yours and someone on our guest relations team will be in touch.
Contact
Talk to someone on the island
A question about the island, a house you're looking at, a listing that needs fixing, a winter month you're planning. Write to us. A person here answers.
Who answers
Guest relations
StayOIB, part of Longdon Boyd Hospitality
A member of the team replies within one business day, and usually the same day.
Our guest relations team is the first point of contact for guests, owners and island businesses. Every message sent through this site reaches them.
For businesses
Get in front of visitors before they get here
StayOIB is the guide to Ocean Isle Beach: where to eat, what to do, and a map that works on the beach. Your business may already have a page on it. Claim it, add what's missing, and it's yours.
- Before they get hereSomeone planning a trip can look up where to eat and what to do. Your page is what they see.
- While they’re hereOn a phone, one tap calls you, opens your site or starts directions. The map works with no signal on the beach.
- All yearYour page stays up in every season. Tell us what changed and we update it.
Your page
Photos, hours, menu, and the number to call
Every business on the guide has a page of its own. Claim yours and it says what you want it to say.
Free. You approve the page before it goes live.
The island week
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