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Sunsations is devoted to making vacations as fun, convenient, and memorable for families all across the Eastern seaboard. As the largest department store on the Outer Banks, we have everything you need for a perfect vacation: beachwear, swimwear, footwear, hats, T-shirts, umbrellas, chairs, boogie boards, toys, souvenirs, gifts, sunglasses, jewelry and more!

Our Story
Sunsations started in 1983 with its first store located on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland. Since then Sunsations has grown to over 35 locations in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, North Carolina and Florida.

Our stores have the best and largest selection of everything that you need for fun on the beach! Check out our great assortment of t-shirts, apparel, footwear, swimwear, beach chairs, towels, souvenirs, beach toys, surf gear and more for the entire family!

Sunsations prides itself in keeping up with the latest fashions and trends which is reflected in the ever-growing assortment of merchandise. From child to adult, there is something for everyone at Sunsations.

Kill Devil Hills
Kill Devil Hills
Sailing the Outer Banks
Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Welcome to the home of the happy oyster where for over 35 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.