YELLOWTAIL - Vacation rental home in Southern Shores, NC

A glass-paned lift door rolls up between the ground-floor rec room and the poolside lounge at YELLOWTAIL, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home in Southern Shores where indoor and outdoor living blur together. Shoot pool with the salt breeze at your back, then step into the 25 x 16 pool area or wander over the private beach access. Ocean views reach from every level of this five-bedroom retreat, and an elevator makes each one easy to reach.

Overview

Beautifully designed and decorated, located on the oceanfront in Southern Shores, Yellowtail is a 5-bedroom vacation home that is sure to impress. The moment you enter into the foyer, look up and admire the high ceiling and woodworking along the walls, look down to steal a glance of the compass engrained within the hardwood flooring, or look straight ahead to see what everyone wants to see when they walk into their beach house - the Atlantic Ocean! Yellowtail was built with an abundance of customizations and designed with unique details that are sure to make you fall in love with the house, the location, and amenities for guests to enjoy. It's as if industrial and coastal were to collide perfectly to create the vibe of this home. The exposed ducts along the top floor, the brass fixtures, and the raw woodwork lend to an industrial touch, while the coastal decor, color palette, and furnishings throughout don't let you forget that you are living "the beach life". A private pool that can be heated, poolside loungers, a sheltered hot tub, multiple levels of ocean view decks, and a bed swing on the mid-level deck are some of the outdoor features to look forward to. The top level deck offers one of the highest vantage points to watch the dolphins play in the surf.

Sleeping arrangements include three king bedrooms, a queen bedroom, and a bedroom with a double bunk, with four of the five bedrooms enjoying a private bath. In all, this Outer Banks home offers six full baths and one half bath, along with an elevator serving the floors, nine TVs, a media room, a recreation room, four parking spaces, a gas grill, an outdoor shower, and free high-speed wireless internet. Guests also enjoy community tennis. Please note that this home has a Saturday check-in and does not allow pets.

Ground Floor

• Rec room with pool table and lift door for indoor/outdoor living
• Shared bath
• Outdoors: private pool, hot tub, open outdoor shower, private beach access

First Floor

• Media room with oceanview deck access
• King with private bath
• Double bunk with private bath
• Queen with shared bath
• Den with shared bath
• Laundry

Second Floor

• Great room
• Kitchen
• Dining
• Two kings with private baths
• Laundry

Location

Southern Shores greets you as you approach the Outer Banks from the Wright Brothers Memorial Bridge, a quiet residential community of tree-lined streets set on a narrow stretch of land flanked by the Atlantic Ocean and the Currituck Sound. Located between Kitty Hawk and Duck, this OBX vacation rental places you within easy driving or biking distance of the quaint shops and restaurants of Duck, with a wide range of additional shopping and dining nearby. Streets here are quiet and perfect for walking and biking, and the town also offers two children's playgrounds, tennis, and a soundfront beach. Take some time to walk along paths lined with pine trees, dogwoods, and live oaks growing in abundance in Southern Shores, then head back to the uncrowded beach just over the dune.

Pool: Private pool measures 25.0 x 16.0. Pool heated by propane. Max pool temp is 85 degrees. 2026 Pool Open: 4/4/2026 - 10/24/2026, pool heat cost $700.00. 2027 Pool Open: 3/27/2027 - 10/23/2027, pool heat cost $700.00.

TVs: All bedrooms have Smart TVs (use own accounts for streaming services). Common area TVs have Spectrum TV.

Neighborhood & Community: All of our Southern Shores homeowners are members of the community tennis club, so you will receive an access code to the Hillcrest Tennis Courts, located just past the corner of Hillcrest Drive and Sea Oats Trail. Please note that vehicles must display a SSCA guest parking pass on the dashboard in community parking areas. This home offers guest access to the private Southern Shores Marina that is located on S. Dogwood Trail and provides a boat launch into Ginguite Creek, which connects to the Currituck and Albemarle Sounds.

2027 Holiday Week Check-In: Our offices will be closed on December 25, 2027 for the Christmas Day holiday. If your 2027 lease check-in date is on Christmas Day please note that we will work to make special arrangements to alter your check-in date.