Where to Ride
Canadian Hole (Haulover Day Use Area)
Avon/Buxton, NC — The classic Outer Banks wind-sports beach — a 30-mile-wide shallow sound gives long, forgiving, obstruction-free rides, with real ocean swell…
Community-reported
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Avon/Buxton, NC — Outer Banks / Pamlico Sound
The classic Outer Banks wind-sports beach — a 30-mile-wide shallow sound gives long, forgiving, obstruction-free rides, with real ocean swell available just across the road for riders who want it. Steady wind April through November.
Research-sourced (2026-08-28), not yet confirmed firsthand — see project notes.
Key Facts
- Water type
- Shallow, wide-open sound on one side of the highway; ocean swell on the other
- Best wind direction
- Side-shore off the sound; varies by which side of NC-12 you launch from
- Skill level
- Beginner (sound side) to Intermediate/Advanced (ocean side)
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