Hatteras Island is fifty miles of beach with seven villages, two piers, Cape Point in the middle and more surf-fishing reports per mile than anywhere on the East Coast. This page puts them in one place: the tackle-shop reports from Rodanthe to Hatteras Village, the two piers, the marina reports for the boats, and the live water — temperature at both ends of the island, wind, and today’s tides.
Where to fish the island — the ramps, the Point, the inlets — is in the Cape Hatteras surf fishing guide and the Cape Point guide.
Live conditions right now
Water and wind right now
Today’s tides — Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier (Avon)
Live NOAA CO-OPS readings from the nearest stations, loaded when you opened this page at . Two NOAA stations bracket the island: the Coast Guard station at Hatteras Village and Oregon Inlet Marina at the north end. Tides are predicted for the Avon pier; the ocean side of the island runs within a few minutes of it.
How to read it: what each water temperature makes possible, and best tide for surf fishing. The Outer Banks fishing conditions page carries every station on the beach side by side.
Today’s reports, north to south
Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo: Hatteras Jack in Rodanthe and Rodanthe Pier (its report page here).
Avon: Frank and Fran’s fishing report, written daily in season, and Avon Pier (its report page here).
Buxton and Cape Point: Red Drum Tackle posts to Facebook; the Point’s open-or-closed status is on the Ramp 44 page.
Frisco and Hatteras Village: Frisco Rod & Gun writes the island-wide report — surf, sound and the piers in one place — and the latest one we have is shown below. For the boats, Hatteras Harbor Marina and Oregon Inlet Fishing Center post the offshore and inlet reports.
Checking for the latest shop or pier report…
What’s typical here by season
Spring (April–May)
Hatteras warms first and fishes first: bluefish and sea mullet in April, puppy drum in the sloughs, then Spanish and cobia in May when the Hatteras reading above holds in the upper 60s. The Point opens and closes with bird nesting from spring on; check before you drive.
Summer (June–August)
Pompano, sea mullet and Spanish through the morning, kings off the piers, sharks after dark, and the warmest water on the Outer Banks — often over 80° at Hatteras. Fish the ends of the day and the inlets on a moving tide.
Fall (September–November)
The drum run, and the reason Hatteras Island exists in surf-fishing lore. Big red drum from late September into November at the Point, the inlets and the Avon-to-Buxton beaches; the spot run in October; bluefish and Spanish between fronts. Every tackle shop on the island posts daily in October.
Winter (December–March)
Striped bass at the Point and Oregon Inlet in a cold winter, black drum and sea mullet on the beaches, and days when the wind is the only thing biting. The island reports slow to a few a week; the marinas keep posting.
Month by month, with the rules for each species, is in the species calendar.
Reader reports
Catches sent in by people fishing the beach, with a name and a date on each. They post automatically after a spam check. Caught something here? Send it in — it takes a minute.
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Before you go
- Driving the beach: a National Park Service ORV permit, a shovel, a jack and a tire gauge; the permit guide has the details and the where-to-fish guide has every ramp.
- License: a Coastal Recreational Fishing License on the beach (how to get one); none on the piers.
- Sound side: Canadian Hole and the Pamlico flats are in the Hatteras sound-side guide.
Questions
Who writes the Hatteras Island fishing report?
The tackle shops do, each for its own stretch: Hatteras Jack in Rodanthe, Frank and Fran’s in Avon, Red Drum Tackle in Buxton and Frisco Rod & Gun for the whole island. The piers and marinas post their own. This page links to every one and adds live NOAA conditions at both ends of the island.
Is the Hatteras fishing report a surf report or a boat report?
Both exist. The shop reports cover the surf and sound; Hatteras Harbor Marina and Oregon Inlet Fishing Center post the offshore charter reports. This page links both kinds and says which is which.
Is Cape Point open?
It changes with bird and turtle nesting from spring through summer. The Ramp 44 page on this site and the National Park Service beach access map carry the current status; check the day you plan to go.
Sources: NOAA CO-OPS for every live reading; the piers’ and shops’ own report pages, linked where they are named. Report pages and hours were checked September 13, 2026.
