Crystal Coast Ecotours in Morehead City, North Carolina, offers a spectacular coastal adventure where you experience the beauty of nature on a two hour, full or half day personalized tour. Your special day aboard the Lucky Dog, a 20 foot center console with captain Jess Hawkins who holds a B.S. and M.S. degree in Biology ensures a beautiful day on the water with clamming, crabbing, dolphin watching, birding, snorkeling, fishing, swimming, wild horse watching all options. Crystal Coast Ecotours also offer fishing charters and can supply all the rods and reels you will need, there are 12 fishing rod holders on the boat which can take up to 6 passengers. Your personalized tour includes a tour of the secluded barrier islands, sea grass meadows, backwater sounds, marshes, near-ocean waters, and the Cape Lookout National Seashore, come make memories.READ MORE

The History Place in Morehead City, North Carolina, promotes the history and culture of the people of Cateret County, and related areas and the 12,000 square foot facility houses museums, exhibits, a gallery with displays, research library, conference classroom, an auditorium banquet hall, museum store and offices. The Infusion Cafe steeped in history is a proper tearoom located inside the museum and share their knowledge of the teas and coffees they carry with over 100 world infusions and numerous freshly roasted single origin coffees, they also serve lunch, and host exciting dinner theatre every third Saturday. The History Place houses interesting and extensive collections including textiles, period clothing, furniture, military memorabilia, glassware and artwork, and the library houses more than 10,000 books and publications and photo files documenting the history. The History Place can be reserved for weddings, receptions and other special events and occasions, and they offer special guided tours to schools for free, they welcome donations and entrance is free to the public.READ MORE

Floyd's 1921 in Morehead City, North Carolina, is a restaurant and bar with outdoor patio ideal for drinks or dinner with live music. The season's games are played on their TV by the bar, so tuck into some savory wings with a bucket of beer or specialty martini, they also have firepits, and a tapas menu, full dinner menu and special bar selection, it's a great outdoors at Floyd's 1921. It's the perfect wedding venue complete with professional wedding catering team and custom menus can be created to your requirements including local seafood favorites and even your treasured family recipes. Floyd's 1921 is also available for corporate events and other celebrations, they can cater any occasion, come for a taste of the South, they are open for lunch, dinner, Sunday Brunch, cocktails, beer and wine, with a great live music schedule.READ MORE

The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament is a non-profit fishing tournament held every year in Morehead City, North Carolina which has to date donate over 3 million dollars to charity. The Big Rock, is not a rock at all, but a series of ledges, peaks and plateaus where reef fish reside and attract the bigger fish that marlin feast on over 8-10 miles of the East Coast, and is considered the premier spot for marlin fishing. The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament has grown from humble beginnings and small prize money to a huge event today, with increased sponsorship and participation, and have led the way in the establishment of conservation standards that other tournaments later chose to model. It is literally the super bowl of fishing, with a huge purse but that's not the true drawing card, all billfish captains want to be crowned Big Rock Champions, so book for this year and that one lucky catch it’s a Gulfstream fishing tradition that has no equal.READ MORE

Blue Ocean Market in Morehead City, North Carolina, offer popular selections of the freshest local seafood possible to restaurants and customers, they also carry various non local items including crab legs, salmon, lobster tail, and chopped clams. They also ship overnight to restaurants not in the area and supply sustainable seafood everyday, and usually always have grouper, mahi, tuna, clams, oysters, sea scallops, crab meat, fresh and frozen local shrimp, plus try to keep wahoo, snapper, sheep head, swordfish and soft shell crabs. Blue Ocean Market are well known for the freshest local fish in Eastern North Carolina, and truly care about delivering a high quality product, they also have T-shirts and frozen products, come try the best. READ MORE

Therapeutic Massage by Nicole Lewis in Morehead City, North Carolina, is a professional massage therapy clinic for relaxing therapeutic massage services with countless benefits. Come experience natural, therapeutic massage therapy and enjoy reduced pain, reduced stiffness and motion limitations, muscular and emotional stress, increased flexibility and blood flow and enhanced soft tissue healing. Therapeutic Massage by Nicole Lewis will work with you to develop the best treatment plan and your licensed therapist is trained in a variety of modalities including Swedish, Esselan-inspired, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release, Reflexology, Reiki, Visceral, Pregnancy, and Sports Massage. Clients benefit from a blend of modalities, contact the clinic today and start enhancing your own state of wellbeing.READ MORE

The Red Fish Grill in Morehead City, North Carolina, offers an insanely great food as they say, visit and see why, they serve dinner and drinks nightly, first come, first serve, a must try. With the exquisite menu striking a balance between land and sea, and the exceptional presentation, a guaranteed sublime dining experience awaits, they focus on local seafood and also offer daily fresh fish specials, be sure to ask. The Red Fish Grill is locally owned and operated right on the waterfront, it's where you come for insanely great seafood and steaks, it's the perfect location with the perfect menu, you will be back many times.READ MORE

Carteret Community Theatre in Morehead City, North Carolina, is the most exciting live entertainment venue of the Crystal Coast as they say and welcome you to fantastic shows for the whole family. They host plays, country, comedy, rock, Motown, magic, live theatre and a much more as well as holiday delights and something for everyone. This 550 seat theatre on one level sloping to the stage features exceptional sound and lighting equipment and video computerized capability, and all audience areas are handicapped accessible. Carteret Community Theatre is the perfect location and venue for the performing arts, conferences, lectures and business presentations, with highly trained professional staff on hand to assist with event details. There's a snack bar in the foyer and they can host small catered events and occasions, plus there's beer and wine. Come audtion and get involved, they are always looking for new talent, and fun filled summer camps are available for children to explore the world of theatre over a week of learning and acting games.READ MORE

Reel Country Sport Fishing Charters in Morehead City, North Carolina, are a family friendly operation and offer half day nearshore, three quarter and full day offshore charters, as well as Gulfstream and tournament charters aboard the 58 foot Carolina. All tournament grade tackle and permits are provided and the boat features the latest in electronics, and experienced crew will put you on the fish, just bring your own food and drink. Reel Country Sport Fishing Charters offers trolling for Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish in the near shore waters, and trolling for King Mackerel, Cobia, Barrcuda and Mahi in Season among the Offshore wrecks, Artificial Reefs and live bottom, Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Yellowfin Tuna, Blackfin Tuna and King Mackerel in the Gulfstream and more up along Cape Lookout, so as they say quit wishing, let's go fishing.READ MORE

The North Carolina Seafood Festival in Morehead City, is a not-for-profit organisation that holds a wonderful annual festival, the first weekend in October, to celebrate and recognise the importance of seafood to eastern North Carolina. There's fun and free entertainment the whole weekend, and you won't go hungry, they serve everything from traditional “Down East” Clam Chowder, Shrimp Burgers and Charcoal Mullet to Sea Urchin on a stick, Calamari and Marinated Eel and much more. Enjoy the Habitat for Humanity Fish Fry, the 100 individual booths sponsored by restaurants, civic organizations, school groups and churches all featuring their own interpretation of the bounty of the sea, you certainly won't go hungry. The North Carolina Seafood Festival's main goal is to promote the seafood industry on the Carolina coast, and to educate the public about seafood as well as boost tourism and recreation, establish a scholarship program for educational pursuits and more. But serious stuff aside, the festival is about fun, interactive exhibits and demonstrations, along with live animals, storytelling, seafood sampling and much more, not to be missed.READ MORE