The Winds Drops Minimum Stay Requirements!

Trends in the vacation industry have changed and now people are taking more frequent, shorter vacations these days.

In response The Winds has dropped it’s long standing policy of requiring a seven night minimum stay for most lodging types during high occupancy periods.

This will allow guests to pick and choose the dates that work the best for them. There will continue to be great pricing incentives for those who book a stay of seven night or more but this added flexability should be helpful to many of our guests.

Our online booking has been adjusted to take these new polocies into account. Most units will have no minimum stay requirement!

We hope this helps our guests to have a better experience on ther vacations!

Video of Firefighting Plane

We found this very cool video on YouTube of a Canadair CL-215 Firefighting Plane  at Ocean Isle Beach scooping up some salt water Read more

Free Summer Movies!

This summer you can enjoy some of the most popular family movies for free! Read more

White Ibis Island Sanctuary

Battery Island, located just off of nearby Southport, NC in the Cape Fear River, is home to the largest White Ibis nesting population in southeastern North Carolina. For many years, this 100-acre Audubon Sanctuary has been the site of North Carolina’s largest gathering of breeding wading birds. Herons, egrets, and ibises flock to the island by the thousands each spring. Since 1982, the island has been guarded and protected by the National Audubon Society.

Each year, between 9,000 and 15,000 breeding pairs of white ibises, nearly all that nest in the state, as well as hundreds of breeding pairs of herons and egrets, descend on the Sanctuary to nest and raise their young. The island has always been vital to North Carolina’s wading bird population and, recently, was designated as “globally important” for the great numbers of white ibises that nest on the island every year. (Approximately 12% of the global white ibis population nests at Battery Island.)

In 1996 the Cape Fear Garden Club of Wilmington, NC stepped forward to officially adopt the sanctuary and assist with the protection and management of the island. Since that time, the Cape Fear Garden Club has donated more than $20,000 in support of this Audubon Sanctuary.

Battery Island is posted and patrolled throughout the year, and is off-limits to visitors. Protecting the island, the nesting birds and their habitats is essential to conserving wading birds in North Carolina. The Cape Fear Garden Club offers a guided boat tour of the sanctuary every spring, check their website for more details.

Ship Wreck Video!

In 1942 the Hebe, a Dutch merchant vessel collided with the British sub chaser St. Cathan Read more

The Price Is Right!

The Price Is Right! A new approach to “Let’s make a deal”… bid on your accommodations! Some times are busier than others for an oceanfront resort and when we’re not booked up we are willing to offer “deals”.

With our “Make a Bid ” program you decide when you’d like to come, what kind of unit you want and make us an offer.

We’ll get back to you (within 24 -48 hours) to let you know if we have accepted your bid (or not). Don’t be intimidated. It’s simply make us an offer and we’ll let you know if we’ll take it or not! Click here to go to “Make A Bid” Form.

Ocean Isle Children Hounded By Paprazzi

Eleven year old twin boys from Ocean Isle Beach are facing a media stampede. Read more

The Wright Family and The Winds

The Wright family from High Point, NC came to The Wind’s in 1997 by luck.
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Water-quality survey ranks N.C. beaches high

The Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — Things are going just swimmingly at most North Carolina beaches.

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The Winds Wins!

The Winds has received the highest high marks and awards for cleanliness in both Housekeeping and Food Service! Read more

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