Oceanfront Bliss at FAIR WINDS!

Entire home in Rodanthe, North Carolina

  1. 6 guests
  2. 3 bedrooms
  3. 4 beds
  4. 2 baths
Rated 4.82 out of 5 stars.97 reviews
Hosted by Gia
  1. Superhost
  2. 11 years hosting

Listing highlights

Your very own spa

Relax with the outdoor shower and jacuzzi.

Self check-in

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Ocean and beach views

Guests say the views are lovely.
Get swept away by the sea breeze at FAIR WINDS, your perfect beach getaway nestled deep in the dunes of Rodanthe. With unobstructed ocean views and your own sandy path to the shore, this is the Outer Banks at its most authentic and awe-inspiring. Whether you're chasing waves, soaking in the views, or exploring the island’s laid-back charm, FAIR WINDS is your front-row seat to everything that makes the Outer Banks unforgettable. Book now and let the ocean set the pace of your perfect getaway!

The space
Your Rodanthe Escape Awaits...
🌊 Wake up to sunrise over the Atlantic – just steps from the beach
🎣 Walk to the Rodanthe Fishing Pier, grab a bite at local food trucks, or sip a drink at beach bars nearby
🚴‍♂️ Explore by bike or foot – shops, restaurants, and an adventure park are all within reach
🌅 Located in the heart of Hatteras Island, surrounded by the wild beauty of Cape Hatteras National Seashore
🪁 Discover epic kiteboarding, windsurfing, lighthouse tours, and endless sightseeing along 70 miles of pristine shoreline

Our beachfront home is the perfect place for you and your family to enjoy a beach getaway. Both decks are ocean view, where you can even enjoy the hot tub on the porch that leads directly off the kitchen! Open living, dining, kitchen areas on first level. Take hallway off kitchen down to one queen bedroom with ceiling fan and TV, one bathroom with tub/shower combo and spacious laundry room with TV! Take one flight of internal stairs up to top level to access queen bedroom that faces the Ocean with it's own private deck, TV, & ceiling fan. A second bedroom with TV, ceiling fan, & 2 full size beds. One bathroom on this second level with shower. BONUS - Dog Friendly!

Guest access
All areas are available for guest use with the exception of the locked closets and storage area under the house.

Other things to note
Gift certificate to restaurant in Kill Devil Hills when you stay with us!
Please let your host know if a dog will be joining you by adding them to your reservation at checkout.

Due to proximity to the Atlantic Ocean - it is not uncommon to see water along street that leads to the home and/or in driveway - this is all tidal driven and can be monitored by viewing the tide charts provided online at NOAA location Rodanthe. There is a spot within walking distance to house to relocate your car to higher ground if you would like to during your stay.

Where you’ll sleep

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What this place offers

Ocean view
Beach access
Kitchen
Wifi
Dedicated workspace

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Where you’ll be

Rodanthe, North Carolina, United States

Neighborhood highlights

At first glance, the villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo seem to be one town. In fact, many folks – locals and visitors alike – call them “The Tri-Villages.” Their borders touch and one village appears to run seamlessly into the next, but to many – locals and longtime visitors alike – the villages are distinct places, each with a unique identity, history and personality. Why do the three villages appear to be one? A local legend says there was a time you could tell the three apart, but you needed the village limit signs to do so. That same legend claims surfers or beach loving vacationers wanted a souvenir to take home, so they stole the “Welcome to Waves” sign every time a new one went up until the powers that be decided to remove the signs permanently. Rodanthe? Waves? Salvo? What’s with the strange names? There are stories behind those names and the names these villages used to go by and you’ll learn those soon. What’s the difference between the villages? Let’s find out.

Today we call the northernmost town on Hatteras Island “Rodanthe,” but that wasn’t always the case. Originally named Chicamacomico by the Croatan peoples, a tribe of Algonquin Native Americans who, fittingly, named this spot “dwelling place by the big water.” A long and confusing name to see on a sign, Chicamacomico fairly rolls off the tongue, and when European settlers began to build homes and fish camps here, the name stuck. Sort of. To the families who lived here, North Chicamacomico or Big Kinnakeet or North Woods was just home. Still, the village needed a name and North Chicamacomico was it. Until 1874. That’s when the post office arrived and the United States Postal Service decided not to go with the long and rather beautiful “Chicamacomico” as the name for this place and instead call it “Rodanthe.” North Rodanthe to be precise (the next village south, Waves, was South Rodanthe).

The meaning of the word Rodanthe has been lost to time, but it’s since become synonymous with this lovely little beach town, a town that few outside the families who lived here and the intrepid travelers visiting the Outer Banks knew until a certain novel and a certain film – Nights in Rodanthe – put the town on the pop culture map. Yes, the novel is set here and they filmed the movie here, using the beach and the cedar-clad beach houses as the backdrop for a love story, but for those in the know, the town is more than just what appeared on screen.

Rodanthe is home to anglers and surfers, descendants of the men who established the United States Lifesaving Service (which later became the U.S. Coast Guard), and families who have called Hatteras Island home for generations. There are transplants here too, folks who found their way to the Outer Banks and fell in love, then discovered the slower pace and wild nature of Hatteras Island and found their forever home here.

As you enter Rodanthe, one of the first sights is the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, a collection of historic buildings that once housed the men, animals, and equipment needed to rescue ships stuck on the shoals offshore. Now a museum that tells the stories of daring rescues and the men who performed them, it’s a point of pride for the village and a place nearly every resident here has a connection to.

The Rodanthe Fishing Pier, one of the few remaining wooden fishing piers on the North Carolina Coast and one of two on Hatteras Island, distinguished Rodanthe from other villages. Here in Rodanthe, like in the other villages on the Island, fishing was a way of life, but not so much in the catching of fish as in the selling of fish. Rodanthe, being the northernmost village on the island, served as a sort of clearing house for the fresh catch. Fishermen from other villages came here to sell or arrange for the sale of their catch, which was then transported north to the villages of Manteo or Wanchese on Roanoke Island, or across the Pamlico Sound to fish houses on the mainland. Though the Fishing Pier isn’t a hub of commercial fish sales, it is a hotspot for anglers who cast their lines into the water hoping to catch something for the record books, the frying pan, or at least bragging rights.

Driving into the village, two things jump out: the tall row of dunes on the ocean-side and the tendrils of sand they send across Highway 12 in an attempt to move inland; and the beach houses with a mix of residential and rental homes that has a charm here. The weathered cedar shake siding. The seaward-facing balconies and widow’s walks offering unending views of the ocean. The skinny stilt legs holding up two- and three-story homes.

A couple of surf shops and surf instructors; places to rent surfboards, standup paddleboards, jet skis, and beach equipment; and gift shops are scattered throughout the village, but even the biggest – a Kitty Hawk Kites Shop and Adventure Center (with a ropes course standing out in front) – doesn’t become a focal point. Rather, locals and visitors find themselves surrounded by nature, with the ocean calling from one side and the Sound calling from the other.

Meet your host

Superhost
1612 reviews
4.8 out of 5 average rating
11 years of hosting
Born in the 80s
My work: Professional Host !
HELLO There!!! I moved to the Outer Banks from Ellicott City, MD in 2013. I studied Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise with an emphasis in Exercise and Health Promotion at Virginia Tech and put that knowledge to work on a daily basis as a Pilates Instructor at the only classical Pilates Studio in the OBX, The Presidio of Pilates! In addition to my education, my love for business and entrepreneurial spirit led me to AirBNB! I CoHost multiple spaces in locations throughout the United States and as a Professional Referrer of AirBNB I take great joy in teaching folks how to start their own business hosting by themselves or with assistance. I have taught a course at the local church - The Path To Financial Freedom with AirBNB - I LOVE to TRAVEL - so reach out if you would like me to teach a course in YOUR home town in the US or Internationally! Things that bring me great joy: 1. My relationships with my K9 Medusa, kitties Oli & BB, close friends & family, clients & guests! 2. Water (referring to all large bodies of water....not the beverage! ;) 3. Beach walks and Podcasts! 4. Meditation 5. Pilates 6. Quotes!! As an Air Ambassador, I am grateful for every guest, and potential new host, I correspond with! I look forward to hosting YOU, your loved ones, and many more in the months and years to come...truly a labor of love! Should you need assistance in hosting your own property, I would be delighted to help you with that AS WELL! Travel quotes that inspire: ~A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Laozi ~Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers, that the mind can never break off from the journey. Pat Conroy ~All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. Martin Buber ~Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost ~Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination. Roy M. Goodman ~Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ~We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. Robert Louis Stevenson ~Experience, travel — These are an education in themselves. Euripides ~Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R. Tolkien ~Travel far enough you meet yourself! Joseph Campbell

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House rules

Check-in after 4:00 PM
Checkout before 10:00 AM
6 guests maximum

Safety & property

Exterior security cameras on property
Nearby lake, river, other body of water
Carbon monoxide alarm

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