surf city – From the Topsail Island Treasure Coast

December 11, 2022December 19, 2022

Topsail Island Businesses Carry On Family Tradition – Supporting First Responders

Matt & Jill Wiles, with their son Tyler at Buddy’s Crab House & Oyster Bar. Located in Surf City, NC Family & First Responders – by Pat Fontana An old military barracks and a former motel office are now two of the most family friendly places to visit on Topsail Island. These establishments now offer fun, food, drinks, and an… Read More

October 13, 2022October 21, 2022

Topsail Island Adds Living Shorelines

Protecting Your Real Estate Investment from Erosion Installing Living Shoreline at Surf City, NC with NC Coastal Federation, the City of Surf City and Sand Bar Oyster Co. Photo by Alan Cradick, August 15, 2022. Area Towns Create Sound Side Living Shoreline Projects The Town of Topsail Beach partnered with the North Carolina Coastal Federation to install four living shoreline… Read More

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Let’s Go Surfing in Surf City, NC – Along Topsail Island

Surfing Along Topsail Island is a Lifestyle – Longboarding is a Tradition by Pat Fontana Surfing is a lifestyle. It’s a way to commune with the ocean and a way to give back to the community. That is definitely the case with the close-knit group of surfers in appropriately named Surf City on Topsail Island. Cory Sydes launched the Topsail… Read More

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022

Tips for Buying and Selling in a Competitive Market

Tips For This Competitive Housing Market. By: Pat Fontana The home buying and selling environment changed significantly during the pandemic. Open houses with lots of people and refreshments have gone virtual. Often, there is actually no need and no time for an open house as a home can be sold within just a day or two after it is listed… Read More

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

Leave no Trace to Help Keep Topsail Island Shorelines Clean and Pristine

BEeach CLEAN; A Topsail Island Shoreline Protection Commission Initiative for cleaner healthier water and shorelines. Spreading a positive message about the value of keeping our beaches and waterways clean is the focus of an event scheduled for February 3 at the Assembly Building in Surf City. Individuals, community organization representatives, and elected officials will gather to talk about the positive… Read More

May 25, 2021June 7, 2021

Bert’s Surf Shop Surf City – Icon of the Carolina Beaches

by Donna Byrd There are some things that just go together: beach towels and beach chairs, sunscreen and sunglasses, bikinis and cover-ups, Coronas and lime slices, sand pails and shovels, fried shrimp and cocktail sauce, beach vacays and Bert’s Surf Shop…Bert’s Surf Shop? You know it! If you’re like me, you grew up taking your summer vacations and weekend getaways… Read More

August 27, 2015November 15, 2017

Seacoast Art Gallery – a Surf City Treasure!

by Donna Byrd If you’re ever in Surf City, NC and happen upon a lovely, pink cottagey art gallery near the sea, don’t just ride by and think to yourself, “There’s a place I can check out later.” No! Stop then and pull your car or bicycle into the little gravel parking lot and just take in the irresistible… Read More

May 29, 2015November 16, 2017

Topsail Island Tourism Information Center = My Beach Bucket List!

Topsail Island Tourism Information Center = My “Beach Bucket List!” by Donna Byrd Throughout my married life, I’ve lived in several vacation destinations: Virginia Beach, New Orleans, Orlando, Miami and now the Topsail Island area. In all of the former cities, I don’t believe our family ever really acted as tourists. We were busy, poor students with two young children… Read More

May 13, 2015November 16, 2017

Topsail Island Trading Company: Find Your Way Back

by Donna Byrd Have you ever been to a place that you absolutely loved and no matter where you went, after that one visit, you promised yourself that one day you would return? Maybe it was an out of the way, small hotel with a room and a balcony that looked out onto an ancient cobblestoned street, a restaurant… Read More

April 1, 2015November 16, 2017

Treasure Realty Opens New Office in Surf City!

by Donna Byrd “Ahoy there, Maties! There’s a new parrot in town!” For over twenty-five years, Treasure Realty of Sneads Ferry has been known for serving Topsail Island and its surrounding areas in coastal, southeastern North Carolina by selling family homes and property and renting beautiful vacation homes to those who seek our peaceful, pristine beaches. In 1989, Richard… Read More