Parking: Parking available in large lot and auxiliary lots, $7 per day; limited side street parking; fishermen park free.
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Since it's not quite as crowded or chaotic as Myrtle Beach, Sunset Beach is a lot more family-friendly than many of the other beaches in the area. You can relax and enjoy some peace and quiet on the sand, especially in the early morning or dusk.
Named as one of the 21 Best Beaches in the World by National Geographic, Sunset Beach, the southern-most beach of North Carolina's barrier islands, remains a favorite destination across generations.
Sunset State Beach is a park and beach on Monterey Bay, in Santa Cruz County, California. It is operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
The climate-controlled gondolas take you to 200 feet above sea level and provide a spectacular view of the bustling boardwalk and the ocean below. Whether you take a trip up at night or during the day, there's no bad time view.
Sunset Beach is one of the most famous big wave surfing spots on the North Shore of Oahu. Between the 1950s and the 1980s, it was considered the ultimate test and the most important surf beach in the world.
North Shore's Sunset Beach has some of the best waves for surfing in the world. During the winter, catch a premier surfing competition. Grab your camera to snap amazing photos of monster winter waves, and the daring surfers that ride them. During the summer, the water often becomes calm enough to swim.
Located smack in the middle of the coastal Island of Bogue Banks, Indian Beach bills itself as “The Hidden Gem of the Crystal Coast.” With a local population below 300 residents as of 2020, the town of Indian Beach is a remote slice of sea and sand—at times more like a private beach than a public one!
So both OIB and Sunset are great family beaches. Sunset is a little sleepier, a little less developed. OIB has more things to do on the island, but it's easy to do a little day trip to North Myrtle Beach (about 45 min south) or Wilmington (about 45 min north).