Surf City NC Good, Bad and Ugly  

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I've vacationed at topsail island the last 15years. North topsail to south topsail. It is my favorite place on this earth. My mother graduated from Jacksonville highschool and my father was a marine stationed at camp lejune. There is trash everywhere, not the islands fault. Many great memories on this island.

I was kayaking in Surf City in 2018 at the rotating bridge. I was right under it and that damn alarm went off. i almost had a digestive disaster.

Went there in 2017 and in 2023 wow things have changed!

I have been going to Topsail on family vacation for over 40 years continuously. The worst thing about the beach is the loss of the fishing piers to hurricanes (which there used to be one about every half mile). The consequence is that there is now constant fishing off of the beach where kids are trying to play in the water. I highly recommend renting a beach front house on Topsail (in any town). The weekdays are calm and you can have uninhibited access to the area directly in front of your house just as you could in the 80's. It is still a great vacation spot!

We’ve been vacationing in surf city for 5 years now and it is perfect for our little family. We tried to save time and cost a couple years ago and went to Virginia Beach because it was closer and What a joke! It was horrible! I said never again. We will always drive the extra 4 hours to make it to the calm Carolina’s! I know people say that it is built up and getting crowded…but seriously any other east coast beach is 20x times worse. We will never again go to Maryland, jersey, or Virginia. People are nice and the crowds are minimal compared to anywhere else. Also if surf city is too crowded there is so many other beaches within a half hour drive and at least one of them is always calm. We drove down the coast and really enjoyed Holden (for shelling) and Sunset Beach for the silky sand. Southern Hospitality is so real! I keep trying to talk my fam into moving down there. It may have some bad and ugly parts but i promise you, try vacationing anywhere else and there will be NO complains about the Carolinas ❤❤❤

Been going to SurfCity n Toosail Island sine I was a kid love fishing at the sea view n jolly rodger piers use to camp at surf city family campground about 20 -25 years ago lived in sneeds ferry for a while great video

Awesome and informative video brotha! My friend just bought a house there so this video was helpful!

Hey there, we will be visiting Surf City this summer. Any recommendations for golf cart rentals?

love the flag in back ground.

Surf City is completely ruined now - was nice about 20-25 years ago. Way over built and commercialized, too busy, too crowded, building on every square inch. Has lost what made it special, lost it's appeal.

Keep up the good work!

Rich people see a beautiful place and just have to build stuff and live on the beach and of course it's ruined by tourists... money ruins everything

It's good this island doesn't have a ton of attractions, frickin tourists want to make this their own amusement park. Have 0 respect for the fishing island this was 30 years ago and the people who built it.

not even gonna lie the locals were kinda rude ☠️☠️☠️ and barley people of color i went there with my family and we were being stared at and mocked don’t waste your time here outer banks >>>>> surf city i’m happy you had a great time though i didn’t

Bad and the ugly is more people moving there. From up north...you included!It is waaay over populated. Relaxing atmosphere? Are you kidding me? Wait hours to eat you mean... All for the $ and getting you home buyers....you're the bad and the ugly! It was amazing about 20 years ago.

It’s horrible. Never come. Stay where you live now. Will be under water in 6 months.