Keep your vacation stress free! Pack your casual beach clothes & essentials and let Ocean Atlantic Rentals deliver the rest!

CURBSIDE PICKUP/CONTACTLESS DELIVERY: 1-800-635-9559

All 4 of our stores (Duck, Corolla, KDH & Avon) are open 7 days a week from 9am-5pm.

This season we will be offering same day delivery on orders placed before 1pm.

We have spent a considerable amount of time and effort into creating and posting policies regarding:

• Disinfecting, cleaning and handling of OAR rental gear

• How we are serving our OAR customers safely (curbside/delivery, etc)

JUST RENT IT! Since 1979, OAR has been serving families with quality gear for their beach vacation fun, their baby needs, or the even the beach cottage, all at reasonable daily & weekly rental rates.  Reservations before your arrival are strongly encouraged, and can be made at www.OceanAtlanticRentals.com or toll-free at 1-800-635-9559 every day of the week!

Everything can be delivered to your door; from bikes to surf boards, kayaks and paddleboards, OAR stocks the fun stuff to enjoy in the water, or on land. Back at your beach home, OAR has you covered with gas grill rentals, rollaway beds, beach towels, and even dog crates!  Bike rentals for the entire family are just a call away at Ocean Atlantic Rentals, or get around town on a Golf Cart LSV.  These street legal golf carts are a great way to explore the villages, or get your family and gear to the beach everyday if your vacation home is some distance from the Atlantic ocean.  If you are traveling with small children, OAR has cribs, high chairs, gates, and even play yards and strollers for the little ones, made just for the beach!

You don’t have to buy cheap beach chairs, umbrellas and coolers while you are here. Just rent them at Ocean Atlantic Rentals, and get quality gear that is built to last. Individual items may be rented, or Beach Value packages are available where you will really get your money's worth!

Cabana services are available with the OBX Umbrella Service! Your items will be setup each morning, and taken down every evening at your beach spot!  We will text message you each day as your gear is ready for use, and can even provide iced coolers each day with your setup.

If you prefer to visit one of our 4 local store locations, no problem! Stop in and checkout the gear for yourself at on of our rental centers, located in the Corolla Light Town Center, in the Village of Duck, on the Kill Devil Hills bypass (serving all of Kitty Hawk and Nags Head), and down on Hatteras Island, located in Avon, right next to Outer Beaches Realty.  

Staying in the 4x4 area of the northern beaches near Carova? No problem again, just let OAR handle the delivery to the off-road area for you, or pickup your gear at our Corolla store and save money!

Planning an incredible beach wedding, or even a casual back-yard oyster roast? Let the staff at OAR bring their local knowledge and help you do it right! OAR’s wedding and event division is located in our Kill Devil Hills showroom, and offers tables, chairs, tents, dishware, linen, and so much more to make your party incredible!

Event items can be seen at www.OARevent.com or call toll free at 888-627-3836.

Summer Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8am–6pm
Friday – Sunday: 8am–7pm


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Corolla
252-453-2440
Duck
252-261-4346
Kill Devil Hills
252-441-7823
Avon
252-995-5868
Hours
*Off-season hours may vary*
Call 252-453-2440 for current hours.
  • Monday8:00am-06:00PM
  • Tuesday8:00am-06:00PM
  • Wednesday8:00am-06:00PM
  • Thursday8:00am-06:00PM
  • Friday8:00am-07:00PM
  • Saturday8:00am-07:00PM
  • Sunday8:00am-07:00PM
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Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Welcome to the home of the happy oyster where for over 40 years the oyster has been our world. The Outer Banks only authentic oyster bar is the place to enjoy sensational fare from the sea washed down with your favorite brew or cocktail. We serve by the peck, pound, and dozen, raw or steamed to perfection. Kicked back casual, down to earth friendly staff, and reasonable prices make Awful Arthur’s Oyster Bar the all-time favorite of locals and travelers alike.

The idea wasn’t to set out and establish a new concept restaurant on the Outer Banks, but that’s exactly what Awful Arthur’s owner Jo Whitehead and her late husband, Jay, accomplished more than 35 years ago when they opened the area’s first authentic oyster bar.

 

Awful Arthur’s opened in May 1984 on the Outer Banks. “We embraced the concept of an authentic copper top bar with the idea of it being a major drawing card and it still is,” explains Whitehead. “I get oysters wherever they are local. We follow the warm waters.” 

 

Just across from the ocean, in Kill Devil Hills, oyster season is year-round at Awful Arthur’s. Diners can take a seat at the copper-topped bar to observe the staff shucking oysters, served raw or steamed, along with shrimp, crab legs and clams all steamed to perfection. 

 

It’s not just the raw bar that’s earned Awful Arthur’s both local and national recognition, including being named one of America’s greatest oyster bars by Coastal Living magazine. The restaurant is a seafood-lover’s paradise, offering the freshest catches available.