Behind the scenes at the NC Aquarium by Carolina Beach, NC

This summer you have the opportunity to look deeper into the hidden layers of the NC Aquarium down the road from Carolina Beach. The program will feature the traditional behind the scenes tour, which includes exploring animal quarantine, life support, food preparation, and access areas. The tour will then continue to the top of the Aquarium's largest exhibit, the Cape Fear Shoals, where participants will have the rare opportunity to view a live feeding of the 235,000 gallon tank from a newly created viewing deck. Sharks, stingrays, moray eels, spadefish, and other large fish call the exhibit home and will be swimming below during the tour. You will need to register for this 2 hour tour by calling 910-458-7468.
Scheduled dates are Monday July 5th, Wednesday July 7th, Friday July 9th, Monday July 12th and Friday July 16th.

Free Music events on Carolina Beach, NC

This week at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk Thursday night free music and fireworks event will feature The Bearded and the Slomski Brothers.

Slomski Brothers Theme Song!

North Carolinas coastline beach re-nourishment project.

This spring crews came to the North Carolina Coast to replenish the beaches. While some people don’t agree with this practice, it sure makes a huge difference in the size of the beaches. There is much more room to lounge on the sand and enjoy the waves.
Today I took these pictures to show you how beautiful the Carolina Beach area is now.

 

All the nice new sand has made all of our guests happy, there is so much more room now for everyone to have space to relax on a beach chair and maybe crack open that book you brought and get a little reading done.

 

The low waves today were just right for frolicking in the beautiful blue water.

So if you're wondering what our beaches look like I hope this will help you to decide to come and stay at The Beacon House Inn Bed and Breakfast in Carolina Beach for your summer vacation.

 

Oh look there's a spot just waiting for you.

Carolina Beaches Summer Music Events!

This year the Carolina Beach Boardwalk committee has lined up an exciting list of the best beach music bands around. These bands play during the summer Thursday nights starting at 6 pm, during these events you will also get to watch the fireworks on the beach at 9 pm. A new addition of an extra night of Fireworks and music will be hosted on holiday weekends.

These signs are located on the Boardwalk with the Line-up posted. Notice the added nights on Holiday weekends. While you’re there having a great time dancing and enjoying the music check out the souvenirs they have for sale to take home.

Sea Turtle nesting around Carolina Beach

Sea turtles have begun their yearly nesting on the North Carolina beaches. This past weekend 2 nests were found on Kure beach. On June 12th over at Bald Head Island a few Loggerhead turtles were spotted laying nests and to everyones surprise a large Leatherback turtle laid a nest.  Please read the whole story at The Island Times, 
Leatherback sea turtle photo by Andrew Niccum

Be on the look out for the orange roped off areas along our Beaches while you are staying in any of the Carolina Beach Hotels. When we hear of more nests we will be sure to post it here so keep an eye out.

If you would like to know more about our local Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project volunteer group please visit their web site.

Read all about US!

This Friday we sent out our June 2010 newsletter. If you're not already signed up to receive it in the future, please be our guest and have a look and then decide. We now have a sign up form on our website and also a recently added one on our Facebook page.
View our Beacon Blast June 2010!

Carolina Beach's own Michael's Seafood Restaurant has done it again!

Michael’s has defended their championship at the "Great Chowder Cook-off" in Newport, Rhode Island. Michael’s Seafood in Carolina Beach, N.C., won in the seafood category while Hammerhead Grill in Narragansett, R.I., took second and Tracy’s Clam Shack brought third place bragging rights all the way back to Juneau, Alaska.

Michael's Seafood hasn't forgotten its roots.
"We're competing for the whole state, you know," said McGowan. "We're taking the whole state of NC with us. We brought it back to NC and we want to bring it back one more time."
Well I’d say they did it! A big CONGRATULATIONS to Michael's Seafood Restaurant.
Read the rest of the story at WECT TV6

It's Summertime at the Beach!

Summer is here at Carolina Beach and the Beacon House Inn is ready to welcome you to your vacation at the beach. The shops at the Boardwalk are open and the Fireworks on Thursday nights are ready to soar into the air. The Sunday night movies are all ready to roll and the Bands are warming up. So pick up some ice cream or a large sweet tea and enjoy all that our town has to offer. Of course you can do none of these activities and just swim in the ocean and relax on the beach under an umbrella.