• S H O R T S H O R T S
M ARCH can feel like a hard month, when the imagination searches for
relief from the wintry chill. Memories of long-ago, sunny beach days
can be hard to retrieve. Thankfully, on cold days, multiple live-feed
camera views of Wrightsville Beach deliver an escape. Each of the local
live streams offers a perspective that makes being stuck inside more fun.
B South End Surf Shop’s high-definition camera, with live feed accessible at www.
southendsurf.com, sits south of Crystal Pier. It captures a view of the sunrise just north
of the pier and pans south where waves break against the jetty.
C Courtesy of Surfchex, at http://surfchex.com, a second camera sits on top of the
Oceanic restaurant, with Johnnie Mercers Fishing Pier in the backdrop.
D More north, Sweetwater Surf Shop has a live stream, at www.wblivesurf.com/
todays-surf, that looks over central Wrightsville Beach.
E Further north past Johnnie Mercers Fishing Pier another camera, at www.gosurfcity.
com, via Surf City Surf Shop, captures the well-known fishing pier at the beach’s center.
F Surfchex in coordination with Bluewater Waterfront Grill delivers an Intracoastal
Waterway and marina view just south of the drawbridge. Check it out at http://
surfchex.com/cams/intracoastal-waterway-wrightsville-beach-web-cam
— John Ellis
14
WBM march 2019
HITTING A HIGH NOTE FORMED in 2010, the
UNCW Seabelles per-severed
following the
hardships and school
closing post Hurricane Florence and
are taking on the regional music
scene as the only all-female a cap-pella
vocal ensemble on campus.
This extracurricular group of 15
women, all of whom are not music
majors, opened for Jay Leno’s stand-up
comedy show in May 2018 at the
Wilson Center. The singers sold out
their winter concert and took to the
stage in mid-February at Acapalooza
2019. They competed a second
time in February at the International
ZAHAROULA KATSIKIS
The Seabelles, a women’s a cappella ensemble from the University of North Carolina
Wilmington, are recording their first album.
ONE EYE ON THE WATER
Johnnie Mercer’s Pier
can be seen from the
www.surfchex.com
live camera stream.