Bodie Island Lighthouse

The Bodie Island Lighthouse, (pronounced "Body") is located just south of the town of Nags Head and Whalebone Junction, where Highway 158, Highway 64, and NC Highway 12 intersect. Visitors travelling towards Hatteras...

Causeway Water Sports

You’ll find Causeway Waters Sports on the beautiful Roanoke Sound on the Causeway between Nags Head and Manteo, just past Whalebone Junction. This family outdoor activity center offers parasailing, kayaking...

Farmdog Surf School

Surfing on the Outer Banks is a like no other experience, and if you don’t know how to surf, here’s a great place to learn.  The instructors at this surf school are all experienced, expert...

Jennette's Pier

Jennette's Pier is one of the longest running attractions on the Outer Banks, although seasoned vacationers would have trouble recognizing the original 1939 structure. After taking a severe battering by Hurricane Isabel...

Jockey's Ridge State Park

Jockey's Ridge State Park is an unmistakable landmark for Nags Head vacationers and virtually everyone passing through along the main beach bypass, US 158. This park is marked by its towering sand dunes, which reach 80...

Kitty Hawk Kites Whalebone Watersports

A branch of Kitty Hawk Kites, here’s a place where you can catch a boat to go watch dolphins, learn how to do various watersports, or just rent the equipment to go  have some fun in the water. The big dog of...

Kitty Hawk Water Sports

Located on the edge of the Roanoke Sound, Kitty Hawk Water Sports offers nearly every water recreation you can enjoy on the Outer Banks. W are the only Hobie Cat dealer on the beach and the only windsurfing school north...

Outer Banks Dive Center

The Outer Banks is known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” because of the hundreds of shipwrecks off the coast, which is the reason it’s a favorite destination for shipwreck divers, spear fishermen...

Secret Spot Surf Shop

One of the oldest authentic surf shops on the Outer Banks, Secret Spot has been surfer-owned at the same location since the early 1980s.  Store founder Steve Hess started board shaping in 1971, and his...

Whalebone Welcome Center

 There are few locales on the Outer Banks where multiple roads cross paths, and Whalebone Junction is one of the main intersections along this barrier island shoreline. The term refers to the area in South Nags...

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Beach Braids

Beach Braids

For the Best Outer Banks hair wraps, henna tattoos, cornrows, jagua tattoos, full color temporary tattoos, fancy hair wraps, reggae hemp wraps, beach braids or gypsy braids … There is only one place to go — Beach Braids - Hair Wraps & Henna! From natural henna tattoos & natural jagua ink tattoos to fancy hair wraps & reggae hemp wraps, Beach Braids offers the ultimate vacation souvenir. Come check out our 'Mermaid Makeovers' for your little ones (and moms too!) in our Duck location!

Our full color temporary tattoos are all FDA approved inks and our the beach braid wrap or regular hair wrap are some of the most popular and affordable on the beach. Family-owned and operated Beach Braids has professional henna artists, hair wrappers and braiders to offer you the most professional work on the beach! Nothing says “I had fun at the beach” better than getting a hair wrap, henna tattoo or some braids! That’s why thousands of summer vacationers and locals alike pour into Beach Braids studios in Nags Head, Duck and Corolla every year.

Beach Braids is a Seasonal Business and our hours do change from time to time.

Please call your store of choice for their hours.

Scarborough Lane Shoppes 1171 Duck Rd Duck, NC CALL (252) 261-3769

Surfside Plaza – Nags Head 4104 S Virginia Dare Trail Nags Head, NC CALL (252) 441-6970 

Timbuck II Shopping – Corolla 791 Sunset Blvd Corolla, NC 27927 CALL (252) 453-0310 

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