ABOUT US
Welcome to Ocean Waves Campground!
We're glad you've taken the time to visit our website and learn about Hatteras Islands finest campground. Perhaps our best attribute is our small size and friendly operation. With only 68 full hook-up campsites, we're definitely not big, but that means a more peaceful and relaxing visit since there aren't as many guests.
And since this is a family operated business, you'll get very friendly and personal service from from us. From our well stocked camp store, to the sparkling water in our swimming pool. Your stay here will be enjoyable and relaxing. Whether you want to take a quiet stroll on the beach, just grab a lawn chair and relax under the shade of the trees, or perhaps try your luck doing some surf fishing, we offer it all.
Most of our guests are return visitors, which really speaks for the service we provide, and the quality of their stay. Campers come back year after year for various reasons, it may be the experience they've had while vacationing here in the past, or a tradition that is carried out year after year. It doesn't matter if you've come here for the first time or a return visitor every year, we share this common bond, we love this island, the beach and all the activities surrounding our visit, which creates the memories and traditions that bring us back again and again.
Thank you for visiting,
Barbara, Carolyn & Clyde Bullock
OUR AMENITIES
OUR RULES
Speed Limit
The speed limit inside the campground is
5 MPH and is
STRICTLY ENFORCED.
Please drive safely, young children
may be on the roads.
Check Out
Check out time is 11:30am. Anyone
who has not paid and wishes to stay another night, please pay by 10:00am. Anyone leaving the premises after 11:30am will be charged for another night as a late check-out fee whether they stay or not (no exceptions).
Quiet Hours
Quiet Hours are from
10pm until 7am
and are strictly ENFORCED.
Anyone with a problem day or night report it to the management at the office.
Camp Fires
Wood burning fires, Flaming Tiki Torches, or Free Standing Fire Pits are NOT permitted!
Gas Camp stoves or charcoal grills
only, are allowed.
Trash
Please place your bagged trash the
trash in the dumpsters.
Recycle Bins are located by the mid-campground dumpster and at the store.
Restrooms
Please help keep our restrooms clean.
Children under the age of 7 must be accompanied by an adult.
Our Trees
Please help us protect our trees.
DO NOT hang, nail, tie rope, or harm our trees. A laundry room has been provided at the office to wash and dry clothes.
Pets
Pet must be kept on leashes and cleaned up after. Service Animals are permitted in the buildings.
Pets should NOT be left alone to
disturb other campers.
Washing Vehicles
Washing of cars, campers, or equipment is not permitted on site.
Please use water at the front of brown garage and wash vehicles on the grass.
Visitors
All visitors must check in at the office on arrival and should not use the facilities without paying first.
Management reserves the right to limit the number of visitors per site.
Refunds
Seven days prior to the date of check in for cancellations and/or change of dates, your deposit will be eligible for refund.
No refunds given after check-in, only rain checks will be given.
Sidewalk Chalk
Use of sidewalk chalk on campgrounds roads and site pads is not permitted.
Fireworks & Firearms
No fireworks or firearms are allowed
on the premises.
Fireworks are not permitted
anywhere on Hatteras Island.
Conserve Water
In order to keep lot rental prices down, please conserve water.
Kiddie Pools are not permitted
Ground Covers
No carpets/mats on the grass.
Carpets/mats are allowed only on the concrete site pads.
Scooters/Golf Carts
No riding Scooters or Golf Carts after dark without headlights.
Riding Scooters or Golf Carts through other guests campsite is not permitted.
No children under the age of 13 may operate a scooter or golf cart.
Cleaning Fish
Clean your fish on Newspaper.
Place carcasses & scales in plastic bags then put them in the dumpster.
(We don't need the flies or the smell).
Grass Cutting
Grass cutting & Weed whacking are done on Tuesday and Wednesday (weather permitting). Grass cutting will be advised prior to cutting. Please remove all items from the grass area of your site to help facilitate in this effort.
Directions
Location
Ocean Waves Campground is located on Rt-12 in Waves NC, approximately 14 miles south of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge that crosses over Oregon Inlet.
From Virginia
Exit I-64 at exit #291-B for Rt-168 south. This is a toll road, and will cost $3 per car, and $1 for each additional axle off peak (Monday - Friday), and $6.00 per car plus $1 for each additional axle on Peak Weekends (Saturday & Sunday). Follow Rt-168 south until it merges with Rt-158 in Barco NC. Continue south on Rt-158. One mile after you cross the Albemarle Sound Rt-158 will end, and you'll pick up Rt-12, follow Rt-12 south through the towns of Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, and Nags Head. South of Nags Head in the village of Whalebone and the intersection with Rt-64, Rt-12 will turn south into the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Continue south on Rt-12 crossing over Oregon Inlet on the Bonner Bridge. Eventually you'll come upon the triple villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo. Look for Ocean Waves Campground on the left approximately 1/4 mile past the KOA.
From Central NC
Utilize Rt-64 from Raleigh, through Rocky Mount and Williamston. You'll cross the Croatan Sound onto Manteo then another bridge to the outerbanks. Within a mile you'll come to the junction of NC-12 at the town of Whalebone. Follow Rt-12 south into the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Continue south on Rt-12 crossing over Oregon Inlet on the Bonner Bridge. Eventually you'll come upon the triple villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo. Look for Ocean Waves Campground on the left approx 1/4 mile past the KOA.
From Southern NC
Take 95 to US64 in Rocky Mt and follow to exit 515 to stay on us64 til you get to Manteo/Nags Head Junction. Follow 158 to the light and make left onto Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Travel south for 26 miles and the campground is on the left.