Ocean Pier Between Mile Markers 17 And 18 On New River Inlet is a saltwater beach in Onslow County, North Carolina. Across 166 bacteria samples collected between 2021 and 2025 at nearby monitoring stations, it earns a Beach Safety Grade of A — Excellent.
About 0.0% of samples at Ocean Pier Between Mile Markers 17 And 18 On New River Inlet exceeded the EPA Beach Action Value of 104 CFU/100 mL for Enterococcus — the threshold at which water managers typically post a swimming advisory. In practice that means the safe-swimming limit was almost never crossed here over the monitored period. Bacteria samples almost never exceed the safe-swimming threshold.
Read this grade as directional rather than settled: it draws on a single monitoring station. That is enough to classify how the water has behaved, but not enough to separate this beach from another a grade away — a beach graded from thousands of samples at several stations is a firmer read. As more results are reported, the grade may shift.
Ocean Pier Between Mile Markers 17 And 18 On New River Inlet is currently listed as inactive in the EPA beach-monitoring program, so it may no longer be routinely sampled. Its grade reflects the water-quality results collected while it was active — useful history, but confirm the beach's current status and any local advisory before you visit.