You and your children will gain an understanding of the ocean and all its magical creatures, take in a planetarium show explaining the wonders of space and a great lunch that you can take to the local park or straight to the beach.

Ocean Isle Beach has so many activities for families we want to give you a taste of what this beautiful island has to offer.

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Island Escape Package

The island is perfect this time of year, un-crowded and the temperatures are mild.  Take a few days for yourself and come enjoy our beach at this beautiful time of year.

This Package is for two people for two nights and is valid seven days a week.

March 9, 2012 to June 8, 2012, the package rate is from $299.00

June 9, 2012 to  June 28, 2012, the package rate is from $417.00

Island Escape Package Includes:

• Two night’s accommodation in an Island View Camellia Guest Room
• A bottle of Champagne or Sparkling Cider
• Tour the Silver Coast Winery with a wine tasting
• Dinner for two at your choice of; Sharky’s Waterfront Restaurant or Roberto’s Italian Ristorante
• Hot Southern Breakfast Buffet for two each morning
• Free Water Zumba and Water Aerobic classes
• Complimentary bikes to explore the island
• Discounts to area restaurants and shops

Please call 800.334.3581 to make your restaurant reservation and schedule your winery tour at least 5 days prior to your arrival. Roberto’s Italian Ristorante is available Tuesday through Sunday.

For more information please call the Brunswick County Parks & Recreation Department at: 910.253.2538

Here are the programs, schedules and fees:

TENNIS LESSONS
Ocean Isle Beach Park

(Five minutes from The Winds)

$30/hour private rate
Semi-Private Group Rate:
$40 for 3 people
$5 /each additional person per group

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AQUAZUMBA
Mondays & Wednesdays
April. 30 through October 26th, 2012
Time: 8am-9am
Outdoor pool (weather permitting)
Free of charge to Winds Guests

This is a “pool party” workout for all ages. You’ll learn safe, effective and challenging water-based workouts that integrate the Zumba formula and philosophy into traditional aqua fitness disciplines. Outdoor Pool weather permitting.

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A.M. WATER AEROBICS:

April 30 through October 27, 2012
Monday thru Thursday
9:30-10:30am
Outdoor Pool weather permitting
Free of Charge to Winds Guests.

P.M. WATER AEROBICS:
May 5 through October 27, 2012
Monday thru Thursday
1:30-2:30pm
Outdoor Pool weather permitting
Free of Charge to Winds Guests.

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Paddle Boarding

Saturdays 10:30 am – 1pm

at Surf Unlimited Surf Shop (Causeway Rd)

Session 1: May 19th
Session 2: June 16th
Session 3: July 21st
Session 4: August 18th
Fee: $45 per person/session. Fee includes use of a (SUP)

Click here to go to Discount Coupons that you can print out and use for a 15% to 20% discount at The Winds Resort Beach Club.

We want your help in naming our “turtle” with a “Name Our Turtle” contest. We’ve put a form up for you to submit your suggested name. The Winner will have the honor of having named the Sea Turtle and will receive a free Winds T-Shirt!

We will accept entries through August 10th, 2012 and then have the Winds’ Staff pick the winner (employees are not eligible to win.

Click here to submit your suggested name for our adopted Sea Turtle.

We will post updates as to when and where our turtle comes ashore to dig her nest and lay her eggs!

The nest adoption helps provide funds for The Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization which provides, through appropriate management activities and education, a safe and protected environment for all sea turtles that frequent the island of Ocean Isle Beach.

Jim and Deb Boyce, Island Coordinators who are licensed by the North Carolina Wildlife Commission, Non-game and Endangered Species section, work with a team of approximately 50 trained volunteers in a year-round effort to protect sea turtles.

Volunteers are especially active between May and late September, when female sea turtles dig their nests and lay their eggs. In addition to identifying and marking nests on Ocean Isle Beach, volunteers also protect hatchlings from predators, transport sick and injured sea turtles to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center at Topsail Island, and educate the public about these amazing creatures.

For more information, visit www.oibseaturtles.org.

Last year’s Winds’ Turtle was named ”Windy”. She came ashore the night of June 28th and laid a nest full of 86 eggs!!!!

Deb Boyce told us that 50 days from the date that the eggs are laid they will begin to watch for a ‘boil over’ or mass hatching to begin and usually they hatch around the 55th day. However if the hot weather continues they could hatch as early as 49 – 50 days from being laid.

These photos are actually of Windy (our turtle from 2010) heading back out to sea after digging her nest in the sand, laying her eggs and then covering them up to protect them.

Click here to watch a video of a live sea turtle at Ocean Isle Beach

For more info on The Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization click here: http://www.oibseaturtles.org

Fishing is 1 out of 8 possible days (May 12-19)

-Capt. Meeting and Dinner on Friday, May 11th at 7pm??- Registration will remain open through competition days. Registration will closed on Friday, May 18th at 11:59pm.

Register by dropping entry at the Ocean Isle Fishing Center, mailing to: FOSO- PO Box 895- Shallotte, NC 28459 or Enter On-line at www.OIFC.com ??-You have until 8am the same day you plan to fish to declare your fishing day. Call (910) 253-3474 to declare. ??-$300 entry fee by 5/11, $350 by 5/18
-Meatfish TWT- $100 (based on largest fish weighed in tournament- 1st place only) ?-High Rollers TWT- $250 (based on overall point total-1st thru 3rd awarded) ?- NEW- GPS STORE- Jr. Angler prize – $250 value – NEW- SEA TOW Lady Angler prize- $250

Participants can register by dropping an entry form at the Ocean Isle Fishing Center or mailing it to FOSO, P.O. Box 895, Shallotte, NC 28459. You may also enter on line at www.oifc.com

Entry fee is $300 by May 6^th and $350 until May 20^th, this includes Captain’s Meeting Dinner.

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Where: Museum of Coastal Carolina, Ocean Isle Beach, NC

Come to the Museum at 11:00 on Friday mornings and help docents feed the animals in the Touch Tank.

http://museumplanetarium.org

Where: Ingram Planetarium in Sunset Beach, NC

Admission is per show. Attend one show and receive $1 off your ticket for a second show.

Admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors and students, $4 children ages 3 to 4, and free for ages 2 and under.

Due to safety concerns, late arrivals will not be seated once the show starts.

Learn more here: http://museumplanetarium.org

1:00 — Seven Wonders

Go back in time and witness the seven ancient wonders of the world as they have not been seen for thousands of years. Then journey through space and see the seven cosmic wonders as they have never been seen before. Appropriate for all ages.

Click here to view the trailer on our YouTube Channel

2:00 PM — Two Pieces of Glass

Learn about telescopes: Two pieces of glass placed in a metal tube reveal the wonders of space if one learns how and where to focus. Appropriate for all ages.

3:00 PM – Oasis in Space

Voyage through the solar system and deep into the universe in search of water, the key ingredient to life on earth. Appropriate for all ages.

Click here to view the trailer on our YouTube Channel

People come from far and wide to visit the Oyster Festival, a favorite festival to anyone who has been.

The coastal waters of Brunswick County provide an abundance of the marine mollusks each year bringing over 30,000 people to Ocean Isle Beach to celebrate the tasty treat.

The North Carolina Oyster Festival will feature live entertainment, arts and crafts, vendors, festival food, NC Oyster Festival Road Race, NC Oyster Festival Tennis Tournament, Surf Contest, a girls Beauty Pageant, a kid’s areas, the Oyster Shucking Championship, and an Oyster Stew Cook-off.

For complete list of events and vendors go to: http://www.ncoysterfestival.com

Entertainment line up has not yet been announced however top national talent as well as regional and local entertainers will be on the bill.

Last year’s headliner was Country music star Josh Kelly who performed in addition to a number of top regional bands:

Admission is only $5 for adults and free for children under the age of 8. The festival goes from 9am to 6pm on Saturday and from 9am to 5pm on Sunday.

The festival will be located on Ocean Isle Beach on 2nd Street.

Come out have a great time and find out what makes the oyster Brunswick County’s gem!

For more information or for Oyster Festival merchandise contact the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce.
Below are listed accomodations you can come out have a great time and find out what makes the oyster Brunswick County’s gem!
Rooms, Suites & Resort Houses

A Tropical Escape Closer Than You Think! Oceanfront rooms and suites overlooking palm trees, lush tropical gardens and our breathtaking island beach. Also Four, Five and Six Bedroom Resort Cottages with full kitchen, living room and large whirlpool spa. Rates include complimentary hot breakfast buffet & use of all amenities Three Pools (one indoor), Whirlpools etc. The Garden Bar and poolside Tiki Bar both feature a light menu & mixed drinks. 310 E. 1st St, Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469 1-800-334-3581 http://TheWinds.Com Email: Info@TheWinds.com

The Winds Resort Beach Club offers a choice of oceanfront suites overlooking palm trees, subtropical gardens and our breathtaking powder-sand island beach or, for groups, our spacious 4, 5 and 6 bedroom Resort Cottages.

All stays include a Hot Southern Breakfast Buffet and use of all of The Winds Amenities: Three Pools (one indoor), Garden Bar Restaurant and poolside oceanfront Tiki-Bar.

The Winds’ deserves its reputation as “A Tropical Escape closer than you think!”

Golfers love our FREE Summer Golf Program!

This guy (or gal?) showed up Friday morning on a jet ski dock at a home on the mainland near Shallotte Inlet.

We are still not sure of the kind of seal he or she is but would welcome any information that any knowledgeable person clue us in on.

The seal hung around for several hours and then went for a swim in the direction of Shallotte Point but returned to the same dock later that day.

We all hoped he or she would stick around long enough for the Wildlife authorities to come investigate and perhaps look out for him but he took off before they could arrive.

If anyone can identify what kind of seal it is and where his natural habitat is we’d sure like to know. Leave us a comment below! We don’t know where he came from or where he went but he sure is cute!

“Spring is in the air, and it’s starting to feel like summer. That means it’s time to hit the beach. So in this week’s edition of “And the Winner is…” we want to know which of the natural treasures along our coast is the best? Which has the softest sand and the wildest waves? Which is the best strand to soak in some rays, build a sandcastle or just frolic in the sun? Let us know which is the BEST BEACH in the Cape Fear. Here’s how the votes are washing in (9 a.m. Thurs.):

Ocean Isle Beach – 57%
Carolina Beach – 11%
Sunset Beach – 9%
Wrightsville Beach – 9%

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