been going to OBX since 1984, unreal the changes (some good, some not so much) in the area. For my money...the closest to heaven I'll get while still breathing. Love the videos!

Mans desire to live with the sea has been thwarted by its desire to be rid of man’s intrusion.

As an architect I can certainly appreciate your concerns and comments regarding the house and to see all the utilities, pump tank, etc as well as the exposure of the pilings makes me wonder if this is already gone. The OBX is always changing and shoreline property development is something that I have mixed feelings about. We (in general) love to be where the view is but we often ruin it by poorly-planned development. Sort of a "Here comes the neighborhood" moment but Mother Nature takes it right back at times!

My family just stayed at the Pearl this past August (2022). We'd wanted to for years and finally decided we'd better grab it while it still stood! Was an incredible week! Beautifully furnished inside - was surprised how nice given that it was obviously on borrowed time. Feel so blessed to have had the experience! Will be forever grateful to the owners for keeping up and sharing this amazing place!

I used to clean houses in Rodanthe, Salvo, and Waves for a realty company. It's amazing to see how the beach has changed over the years. I knew some local people in Kitty Hawk who's grandparents grew up on the Outer Banks. They said that it used to take an hour to walk from Jockey's Ridge to the ocean. I think all the Outer Banks will be gone one day.

The OBX of NC are truly amazing. This time of year you are truly alone. If you only know of hotel lined beaches and attractions...you should make this area a bucket list trip.

I was born in Raleigh N.C. and moved to florida when I was 10 years old. My grandparents had a trailer in morehead when they went they would always take me they knew I loved to fish. The beach in N.C is a lot different than Florida. In N.C. there's sand dunes blocking the view of the ocean. In Florida 🌴 there's condos blocking the view.

Such a beautiful place. Over 23 years we've seen this beach recede over 100 yrds. Such is the case up and down Hatteras island. A Sand Bar always in motion. The result is inevitable. It's been very sad watching this row of homes disappear. A few were relocated. Lone-piling remnants in the surf and sand show all that's left of the past .

My family and I stayed there May 2022 and had a wonderful week! The only issue we had was the air froze up downstairs where the bedrooms were and the last day it got up to 76°. It was hard to get in the driveway w our 4 wheel drive but we were able to. We are so sad to see whats happening and feel so grateful for the time we got to spend there!!!!

My family and I stayed there in 2021 and it is a gorgeous house on the inside. It was a wonderful place to stay.

Kind of spooky, the slow steady reclaiming of these structures by the sea. It may be that mother nature always wins in the end.

The entire island is a sandbar, and a beautiful one.

My wife and I were in buxton for our honeymoon in 2019. Even then, the roads were constantly closed. People couldn't get to their properties and were stuck in hotels all over. They were in great spirits, however, but the one gentleman and his wife looked like they had some sort of sinking feeling then. Said that it was their last year there. I hope they are doing well. Thank you for the video!!!!

I used to camp at Oregon Inlet in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Even as a kid I knew that the ocean always wins.

The OBX is forever changing. Inlets open, inlets close. I've been going there for almost 50 years and found it to be a continual work in progress. Many places we have stayed in have been totally destroyed by Mother Nature, some quickly in hurricanes, others slowly by the ever changing tides. Hatteras Lighthouse had to be moved to prevent it's destruction. Large dredges operate in many places to keep inlets open and closed. Route 12 is a changing element also. After all these years, I have come to find part of the beauty of the OBX is it's ever changing abilities!

Not sure if someone already posted this but here is what I copied from the rental website: “*PLEASE NOTE: Due to beach erosion the Black Pearl is currently not vacationable. The property owner is seeking to have the home moved to a safe location nearby, however, at this stage there are no guarantees that it will be ready for the 2023 season.”

I am 2 houses away from the pearl and leaving today back to Virginia. I hope they get the pearl moved. This house is a statement to mirlo

We stayed at the Black Pearl in August 2022. Incredible views and a great house.

Wonderful house in the Ocean. Thank you very much for sharing. Video 👍

My family vacation in Rodanthe in August 2022. Such a beautiful place! ❤ I can’t even imagine how it must be for these home owners 😢 all those memories & families together, and I’m sure a good bit of $$. But they say, the ocean will always take back what was once part of it 🙁 Our beach access was literally right where you can see the No Parking sign in the video, that is now almost completely covered in sand 😮

Great video!! It really does make you wonder about the fate of those other houses

I haven't been there in 12 years...was living in VA. Last I visited was south Nags Head. Thank you for this video. This is my second home and just to see how much mother nature has changed.

We stayed in that house one time years ago on a surf trip!! It’s been going under for a while lol we stay down in Hatteras Island now south of Frisco but well never forget the ole black pearl!!

According to current Google maps, there were 4 houses (address numbers still exist) in between the existing others and the Black Pearl, as well as, 2 more houses beyond it. Older maps show the houses there. Beach erosion has really affected the entire area. It's amazing how some houses a short ways down still have swimming pools out front. Those will all disappear in short time.

Family's been camping at KOA in summers since mid '70s. Seen a lot of changes in landscape. Will keep going camping there as long as I can because, maybe not in my lifetime, but at sometime you won't be able to get there unless ferry. And at sometime won't be anything left to go to (read somewhere few months ago in about 50 years). Love sound of waves breaking.

My wife and I always had a dream of having a house on the beach, no more, on a recent trip to Charleston SC, a visit to Folly Beach was an eye opener as that area also experienced a great deal of erosion.

What a beautiful place to escape the chaotic world

Used to stay in some of those houses near the Rodanthe pier back in the 90's on surf trips water would come under the houses even back then...There was a bar restaurant near the pier that got totally taken out by a storm.

the Earth is always reinventing and redesigning itself!

Yes, the water will change the sand and bars and inlets and outlets. Living on Tampa Bay my whole life, I have seen small bars disappear and new inlets form from storms. But I have also seen many many beaches replenishing on both sides of the state of Florida. These homes can be saved through breakwater formation and sand replenish. All the sand in the back was in front of the homes, push it back to build waterbreaks, and dredge in sand. It's is an easy fix they the government doesn't want to do it. We have built modern miracles. Hoover Dam levies for the Mississippi New Orleans.

Looks like was an excellent quality build back in the day.

Killer💯 but sad! Thanks for sharing ✌️

Thanks for sharing🤗🤗🤗

Good video bro. Used to live out there. The beach used to be about 100 yards in front of the house. That was when I was there. Erosion is destroying the OBX fast. The S curves used to be my daily routine. Miss it there like a fat kid misses chocolate cake.

We were down there in March 2022 on our way to Buxton. We love OBX.

Mother Nature will have the last word.

I really hope they rescue that house...it's beautiful and sad at the same time. It really is a Pearl...

Ty for the videos, I wish I was back in NC to view the destruction of the ocean. The ocean draws you to it as a place of peace but as we know with there is always another side.

Storm and surf created The Outer Banks and the same will take it back.The right hurricane could bring it all back

Any development or house not built on skids so it can be dragged away is by definition an ill-considered development on a barrier island. In the old days house lots ran from sea side to bay side so you could hook up the oxen and haul your house on logging skids back away from the ocean as the sand shifts and the spit moves. Those houses had outhouses and shallow wells (suitable far away from the out house) and of course no electric power or paved roads.

Just watching some of your amazing 4k drone footage recently, and just like that video, I would like to know what camera, lens and settings are, if you don't mind sharing.

Ocean currents slowly change, and the sand bars move with it. Then you have the motion of the plates floating on top of the Earth's mantle.

I remember when all those houses were wayyy back and safe. I never thought it would be like it is now

I go here twice a year the most beautiful place on earth the outer banks

Hell yeah I would love to live there.

Cool to see my home area the obx 👍🏻

So sad…. Sad to see the road go also. My favorite part of the drive to the ferry.

My house is in the same town. Best place on earth.

The owner is in the process of having the house relocated nearby safer location. All is not lost.

Is it possible to restock the beach sands or use concrete or something? Oyster shale?

Takes a hit of a blunt… Ok, so, what if we just dig the ocean deeper.

My family stayed Aug. 2022 since it's been a bucket list house of ours

Sad thing is that, we stayed there 2 years ago... shit is crazy

Great video. Thank you for posting. I have stayed in a little village about 25 miles south of there called Buxton for going on 15 years. Like Rodanthe, Buxton is experiencing similar issues. Sad. Everytime I hear about a chunk of Greenland's or Antarctica's ice shelves breaking off due to climate change, I think of the effect on the OBX. I have resigned myself to the mindset of enjoying the OBX while I can.

I stayed right behind it a couple months ago and people were leaving the house when we went out to fish on the beach....

The house plan is to move the house...plans in process already....she has good bones ...

Can they move it or just let insurance pay for clean up

Search YT for The Black Pearl Rodanthe, NC and see what the beautiful interior was 13yrs ago...and then it looks like the aftermath of Sandy was the beginning of it and neighbors isolation after the severe beach erosion...these were the stubs seen in this video.

Land does not disappear. It just gets relocated.

If Rt 12 is about to be dismantled there, does that mean the houses will be cut off from their owners? Or are these houses already condemned? I'm honestly glad they built the new bridge. The point is to let the most flood-prone part of the island roll like the sandbar that it is.

The OBX is my happy Place. In South Nags Head there are about 5 houses standing the the ocean. If they're still there, I think the street is called Alemedia. Can't remember. If you go down a street that starts with A and you turn left and get down the street and see and a cute round house, you're in the right place. The house are on the right in the ocean

I delivered the bedding in that house in 2006 lol then like less than a year later they use that house in the movie but obviously it wasn’t the real inside of the house in what you see in the actual movie

The only reason that house is still standing and the ones next to it have washed away is because of the cross bracing that was done, in my opinion (I'm an engineer but also on the internet, so who really knows!)

Thanks for your info I'm curious to see what it looked like before people started building, also footage with a drone of the existing property. Nature always reclaims

Oh my !!!!

I hope they save the house its beautiful

Surprised the houses were built that close even if it was 50+ years ago

“For Rent” or not, you can’t access the home because the staircases have washed away. Now that the septic tank has been exposed, the home will be condemned. For the owners it’s now a Catch 22. Insurance company won’t let them demolish what’s still standing. Dare County will fine the owners as long as the house remains uninhabitable.

Unfortunately this is what happens to all barrier islands. They move relative to the storm pressure they receive. Dauphin Island in Alabama is a prime example.

The first house you said was missing has been gone for over 5 years

It might go this week. Big long storm hitting and one house close by has already gone.

Is the little Motel still there ?

Someone said it’s still for rent ! They are correct if you go to the site you most certainly can rent it now ! Also people just stayed there in august ! Wow just wow. I hope the authorities start some kind of restoration or there’ll be no beach there looks like.

I would preserve them even in the water. Make great touristic attraction. As long as the are made safe.

I wonder if people ever climb and spend the night in this house or other similar houses just on a dare or other such premise.

Love how everyone preaches protect our environment and national seashore yet they have to wait until the house crumbles into the ocean for insurance to pay out the home owner!!! What a joke!!!!

I work for the company that did all the beach renourishment projects in the obx this year. Rodanthe is the only one we didn't do. I have no idea why. Friend told me the original road was actually on the water side of that house but don't know if that's true.

I know those steps were already rebuilt at least once this season

I see a lot of folks commenting have stayed here as recently as August of 2022. When did all of this recent damage happen?

Just got back from rhodanthe....this morning 3 am. Everything is underwater. The black pearl is still standing. No theu arent gonna move it. It will be taken by the ocean. And yes once upon a 2000 time...there was five rows of house out from the black pearl. Thats how bad its got. It's like the only thing holding that area together was Mr meakins. Rip

If you had the right equipment someone would be able to climb up in to the house!!

If a Cat 4 or 5 hits the area will there be any homes left ? this is a Barrier Island after all.

This is due to the sand theft off shore that is happening everywhere and is not regulated at all.

As pessoas que tem poder aquisitivo bom quer morar onde quer se esquecendo que outros tem os mesmos direitos de aproveitar dos beneficios da natureza, tai o resultado e esse fenômeno tá no mundo todo

This is not beach erosion. It is the barrier "islands" natural sandbar migration. They migrate Westwards.

If they going to remove the house, they better hurry up because the sea is going to take it very soon

I surf here all the time between buxton and rodanthe

I wonder why there are still power lines connected to the house....

🏴‍☠ The Outer Banks is slowly, but surely losing the Battle of the Tides. The erosion rate is 10-15 ft per year.

WOW!!!! Hey kind sir can you metal detect on that beach if you get permission from the owners since it's Private Property?

People keep saying the house was several hundred yards back from the water. Really? Several football fields back from the water?

I've seen the erosion specially in topsail Island, nc

If it’s man made, you can keep it from the ocean for so long. Sorry for the loss

That beach 🏖 is disappearing the same as in Florida ..soon to be his-story...

20 years ago that house was several hundreds of yards away from shoreline.

Is that the septic tank I'm seeing?

It probably had 150 ft of beach in front of it when built. Also the beach was higher in general by 5 ft....lol

I’ve seen and known of houses like this where the steps are washed out where people take latters during high tide and tie them up to climb up and jump off the decks. They did it here in Ocean isle at a couple house that washed away here years ago

Richard Gere did a movie there..

Value your coastline. Don’t develop it like we did in Florida.