Oceanography Archives - Sharks of Onslow County

Breaking waves and shifting shoreline along Topsail Island in Onslow County North Carolina

Where the Coast Keeps Its Wrecks: Shipwrecks Along Onslow County, North Carolina

Angelique Mitchell, MPS March 21, 2026 No Comments

Encountering the Past in the Sand: When the Beach Opens There are mornings when the beach feels newly made. The tide has pulled back just enough to smooth the sand…

The Winter Guild: Nearshore Sharks and the Ecology of Cold Water

Angelique Mitchell, MPS January 23, 2026 No Comments

On a winter morning in Surf City, the beach feels emptied of its usual cast. Pelicans still cruise the shoreline in loose, patient lines, rising and settling with the wind.…

Thanksgiving Tides: New River Inlet Fish Migration in Fall

Angelique Mitchell, MPS November 21, 2025 No Comments

A Different Kind of Thanksgiving Journey Each November, when highways fill with travelers heading home for Thanksgiving, the waters of Onslow County’s New River Estuary host a quieter kind of…

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Where the Coast Keeps Its Wrecks: Shipwrecks Along Onslow County, North Carolina

The Winter Guild: Nearshore Sharks and the Ecology of Cold Water

Thanksgiving Tides: New River Inlet Fish Migration in Fall