Oregon Inlet : Ep.1 (OBX) The Most Dangerous Inlet On The East Coast  

I can only imagine! Thanks for sharing sir

Thank you sir!

Thank you sir!

I appreciate that, The next episode will be up soon!

You can see the water roll over the wreck but it's hard to make out. Wow that's a historical wreck for the inlet

Did you work with Pete out in Ocracoke?

I was at Group Cape Hatteras in '86 went to Ocracoke after the group office got moved. Anyone else remember putting the nice red carpet meant for the CO's office down in the Bosun's hole? 🤣

@@CXCVIDEO I did!

Pete will be in Episode 3! Thanks for your service.

@@CXCVIDEO outstanding!

Thank you and what's the name of his channel? Episode 2 is up and I think you'll enjoy the short history lesson!

@@CXCVIDEO his channel is PWTBassin... we’ve already watched episode #2, it was great! I’ve had a few trips through Oregon inlet, with my 19’ Jon boat, of course when weather was permitting ... it has really changed so much since we’ve been up there... I’m certainly in favor of the jetty’s, and the inlet remaining open!!! There’s money for it to be tended too, it just needs to be channeled in the right direction!!,.. thanks again for your efforts...

I'll go subscribe! Thanks for the support!

July 5th or sooner! Thanks man!

She's got a mind of her own!

More coming soon!

yes sir!

Thank you! Check us out on instagram for updates and extras @counterxcurrent

Never a dull moment in the Inlet!

@@CXCVIDEO I would cry when vacation was over . Just absolutely fell in love with the Outer Banks.

Same! One year we caught seven marlin (even I caught one!) and had the catch of the day and received citation award from the Governor. Another year when only the guys went, this time on a tuna boat they caught several huge Big-eyed tuna one like 160lbs. It was as big as my husband. I think the marlin boat was the Pelican that year I went and the Captain really knew how to get through Oregon inlet. My husband was on deck puking his guts out because waves were so big in inlet. We found out he gets seasick on boats and I do not haha I never would have gone had I known Oregon Inlet was in top 10 treacheros inlets. It looks intimidating though all that chop where the breakers are and they take you out when it's still dark at like 4 or 5am.

@@vaskylark went with friends out on the Fishing Frenzy. The only person who got sick had been stationed on an air craft carrier!! Poor thing !! We strapped him in the chair on deck with a 5 gallon bucket and he fished all day.

I appreciate it, more coming soon!

Well said!

Bet that was a wild ride!

Was that in July 77 ?

@@douglashurd8652 No, the boat is a 77.

@@obxarms7685 thanks capt. In July 77 had a rough one there. 4 or 5 drowned we heard on c.g. channels, going through there we got knocked down too . No joke tides.

When it's bad it's really BAD. Thank you sir!

Glad your boat made a cameo!

Sir, do you know Peter Stone?

@@CXCVIDEO No son I don’t recall the name. Does he know Marty Blood?

Thank you sir!

Do you remember his name?

@@CXCVIDEO No sorry. That was 2008 and I'm sure he saw concern in my eyes after we fueled up and were about to cut lines - so he volunteered the "local info" and I am glad for him.

@@CW-qt1qv that local knowledge is priceless!

It's a mess, EP 2 goes into some of the political issues.

Appreciate it!

That's why these stories need to digital and preserved. Thanks for sharing

appreciate it!

It's hard to beat!

O’Neal’s is the best anywhere. You won’t find seafood any fresher.

That's a great story, wish I had it on video!

@@CXCVIDEO yeah , that trip took 2 long summers from Bayfield , Wisconsin , dad's idea 💡lol , only thing that was remotely that scary was when we bottomed out on "hard to find" on the chart , whitefish shoals in Lake superior in some really dense fresh water monster swells very close to where the Edmund Fitzgerald sank a year before !! ( at the time no one knew where she went down ) , spooky . That contest 29 ' 11 " sloop was a rock . THANKS AGAIN for the great documentary on Oregon inlet , yeah wish we had some videos , dad was a frugal one from the Iron range in Minnesota , so no fancy stuff lol ... damn good genave VHF radio , hell of a sailor tho , I was 15 years old !! 😀 . Mom and sister really got knocked around down Below that day at Oregon , sweet Iowa farm 🚜 lady was tough. Lol .

@@douglashurd8652 seriously thanks for sharing that story.

Thanks man!

Charter boat captains would not take you out of the conditions were rough.

@@CXCVIDEO you're 100% right. The first boat we had was scheduled for Monday and the captain recommended we didn't go. So he hooked us up with someone else who had a slot open yesterday. The morning was still pretty rough but it got better as the day went on.

There is a lot of experience sitting in those landings.

@@CXCVIDEO I agree with you on that. We learned a lot in those few hours on the water.

Did you go out of the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center?

People won't stop fishing the waters off the NC coast - they'll just go elsewhere to offload and then NC is just getting screwed. That's only an option if NC can have its own Coast Guard and tax vessels from other states at sea, and if the master can't pay what we want, then we take his vessel, and cargo. 🤣 Yo ho! 🤣 I'm joking, but there's a point there - why should North Carolina just give away the economic benefits of it's location for free? It's the same thing as the Gulf states allowing drilling off the coast but all of the economic benefits going to Montana, Idaho etc. Virginia has been an issue since the 1700's down here - did you know that the town of Portsmouth NC and Ocracoke inlet handled more freight than Norfolk Virginia in the early 1700's? Some say that's the reason the governor of Virginia sent the Navy to kill the man the NC governor hired to run the port - a retired captain familiar with the area who had recently taken the Kings pardon and gone into business - he wasn't a pirate anymore, he was a business man and NC had lower taxes, so the ships were avoiding Virginia

@@erichammond9308 Interesting!

Try closing windows and restarting your web tab.

Damn smart captain... it's always smart to have another trip in her on a better day .

It works but it’s only part of the equation. Wind speed and direction is as crucial as slack water before the flood or ebb. Even moon phase and seasonal tides affect current. All taken together with experience, of course.

Can your city really afford to lose that money?

I didn’t say “all the tourists”… just some 😉

Only one problem with that, the biggest ones float 🤣

It says in the title East coast.

When I was stationed on the Outer Banks the National Motor Life Boat instructors came out to visit the three stations on the Outer Banks (Oregon inlet, Hatteras and Ocracoke). They were under the (mistaken) impression that we didn't get big surf like the Columbia river bar. When they saw the conditions on Oregon inlet bar their words were "how do you do ANYTHING in this (expletives deleted)!?" Surf almost as big (wave height), but with a wave period (time between wave crests) of half or less than the same size surf on the west coast. When the Coast Guard was considering locations for the NMLBS the outer banks inlets were considered, however they deemed the surf too unpredictable and too dangerous for training when it did get big. Think about that - surf too big and too dangerous to train surfmen!

The Oregon inlet is the northernmost of 3 inlets along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. If you're not sure, there's always Google maps dude!

just south of nags head, north carolina

@@erichammond9308 people just like to complain.

You have a fair point here sir!

That would be Ocracoke inlet 🤣

You are correct Eric. Thanks

How did the Groin jetty affect the inlet?

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Yes and no, the biggest impediment to stabilizing Oregon inlet is out of state political pressure to protect their own states tourism $$. No one in VA or anywhere else wants Oregon inlet, Hatteras inlet or even Ocracoke inlet stabilized, because they are the closest inlets to the Gulf stream fishing grounds north of Florida. They are in fact, the three inlets that are in the prime position to access both the Labrador current and the Gulf stream.

and how will these fishermen make their living when the local ecosystem collapses? dumbass.

east coast of North Carolina USA....next hard question, standing by.

@@StephenZ827 THE OREGON INLET IS IN NORTH CAROLINA?

The Oregon Inlet formed 13 year before Oregon became a state. The same hurricane of 1846 formed the Hatteras Inlet as well.

@@CXCVIDEO OH OK DIDNT KNOW THIS ONE. THANK YOU

@@ronniewall492 You're really catching on now.

Are you suggesting both charter and commercial fleets and the 4 marinas that rely on Oregon Inlet should travel 120 miles to Morehead or 90 miles to Norfolk?

@@CXCVIDEO this is the typical reply from someone who would benefit from the inlets closure.

Have you watched the entire video?

Mark Wallace isn't smart.

Oregon inlet OBX

Nah, they moved it

always that one person that knows everything 🤡 you have no idea how much time and money they already spend trying, its on federal property, you can’t even stick a sand spike in the ground without a permit

Episode 2 goes into the fishermen getting together and fighting for stabilization.

The nearest inlet is Hatteras inlet, it's 40 miles away and nearly as bad, same with Ocracoke inlet 50 miles away. There's plenty of footage of the inlet on RU-vid, and believe me, when it gets up to the size of west coast breakers it's too dangerous to be out there, much less film it. When the Coast Guard was considering where to put the National Motor Life Boat school they looked at all three of the Outer Banks inlets but decided they were too dangerous for training when they had big surf.

Like, just watch Wicked Tuna. They go in and out of Oregon Inlet on that show constantly

@@erichammond9308 Columbia river bar has the school, and they get waves big enough to close the bar to commercial shipping. Every inlet has its war stories. Some are locally crazy others are everywhere crazy.

@@sailingbrewer waves big enough to close the inlet to commercial vessels is not uncommon on the outer banks. actually all three of the inlets are closed to larger vessels daily 🤣 they don't call it the Graveyard of the Atlantic for nothing.

Time stamp 3:45 you'll find boats and breakers

Time stamp 3:45 you'll find boats and breakers.

@@CXCVIDEO My original comment still stands. That's the ocean! Was that shot supposed to be during a hurricane or something? I'm still not seeing how the title of this video is justified. My main takeaway from this video is that the most dangerous part of the inlet is captains getting stuck on sand bars. Is there an overwhelming statistic of loss of life not mentioned in this video? Please explain how this is the most dangerous inlet on the East Coast?

"DFN: Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet conducts surf drills in Nags, Heads, NC NAGS HEAD, NC, U.S." This RU-vid Video actually shows some good footage. AGAIN, my comment was not saying this place is not dangerous. I was stating the editor of the video had no good footage of the dangerous conditions. search the title above in RU-vid. This video has footage.

Those breakers filmed are on the bar. Running aground on the bar can be deadly and the upcoming episode mentions death.

Clearly have never experienced Oregon Inlet, if you think it’s all BS go run her through the inlet

Have you watched the video?

It's "the Oregon inlet" or even more properly "the Oregon's inlet". It's named after the first ship to navigate through it after the hurricane that created it (the ships name was "Oregon") in 1846. It's actually been there for 14 more years than Oregon has been a State! I know it's not the case, but the state could in theory actually be named after the inlet. As in, when sailors got there they said "the inlets here are so bad they're as bad as that Oregon inlet" and the name stuck. 🤣🤣 Like I said, that's not the case, I'm just kidding around.

No they call it the Oregon inlet because if you catch it wrong you'll wish you were in Oregon.

@@obxarms7685 🤣

Oregon Inlet is an inlet along North Carolina's Outer Banks. It joins the Pamlico Sound with the Atlantic Ocean and separates Bodie Island from Pea Island, which are connected by the 2.8 mile Marc Basnight Bridge that spans the inlet.

While all along people like you eat seafood.

Regulations changed the methods of fishing as well as the price of fish declined. Providing less jobs and less fish

No this is in outer banks in north Carolina lol

This is found in the Outer Banks, hence the OBX, in NC. East Coast….

Lmao, West coast….EAST coast YOU mean!!!

Pacific or Atlantic Coast?!?

I know Oregon St. I am a Alaskan here.

You're either foolhardy or have never been through it in anything less than flat calm.

Say's summertime Sally....You're a moron.

Yeah highly exaggerated

@@rafeone9808 Yeah OK "Rafe"...you're a commercial fisherman?

@@rafeone9808 let's take a guess - you're going to tell us that some inlet in Florida is more dangerous 🤣🤣

Have you watched the video???

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Oregon Inlet is an inlet along North Carolina's Outer Banks. It joins the Pamlico Sound with the Atlantic Ocean and separates Bodie Island from Pea Island, which are connected by the 2.8 mile Marc Basnight Bridge that spans the inlet.

Wow. Did you know that there's a Portland on the East coast AND the West coast? Did you know there's a Washington on the East coast AND the West coast? Different places have similar names, genius.

Tell me you talk without thinking without telling me

Have you watched the video sir?

It's proper name is "the Oregon inlet", usually just shortened to "Oregon inlet". Admittedly, that does create some confusion to folks not familiar with the area. It was created by an 1846 hurricane that hit the Outer Banks of North Carolina approximately 25-30 miles north of Cape Hatteras, and was named after the first vessel to navigate through it, which happened to be a ship by the name of "Oregon". So, the name actually has nothing to do with the State of Oregon. Oregon didn't become a State until 13 years after the inlet was named. 🤣

I get it, it's confusing to someone who's not familiar with that part of the east coast. The name "Oregon inlet" has nothing to do with the State "Oregon". "Oregon inlet" is in North Carolina. It was created in 1846 by a hurricane, and was named after the first vessel to navigate through it - a ship which just happened to be named "Oregon". Technically it could (perhaps "should"?) be referred to as "The Oregon's inlet". Hope that clarified things for you.

This episode covers this misconception, cheers!

Jesus Christ ! Dumb as a goddamned door knob. Look at a map or a nautical chart . It’s right there .

Have you watched the video sir?

Obviously YOU have no clue. This is about Oregon INLET in NC.

Fished Blue’s in the Oregon Inlet. The waves were crazy. Everyone on board were hitting 3-4 large Blue’s per cast. Crazy water constantly changing with waves coming from every direction!

@@pastorlarrypotts8289 makes it interesting doesn't it?

Oregon Inlet is an inlet along North Carolina's Outer Banks. It joins the Pamlico Sound with the Atlantic Ocean and separates Bodie Island from Pea Island, which are connected by the 2.8 mile Marc Basnight Bridge that spans the inlet.