The Beach @ Mom's. Bogue Bank is a 30-mile long, narrow island, or outer bank, that runs between Cape Carteret and Morehead City, North Carolina. We stayed on the western end of the island in a little town called Emerald Isle near Bogue Pier. Only this piThe Beach @ Mom's. Bogue Bank is a 30-mile long, narrow island, or outer bank, that runs between Cape Carteret and Morehead City, North Carolina. We stayed on the western end of the island in a little town called Emerald Isle near Bogue Pier. Only this pier survived hurricane Ophelia, which struck a few weeks prior and it suffered heavy damage. Two steel i-beams were chained across a gap to prevent the nose from falling into the ocean. The pier at Atlantic Beach was completely consumed by the raging sea. Days were occupied by jaunts down the beach, bikes across the sound, and strolls through pockets of forest in Croatan National Forest. Evenings afforded quiet walks and pleasant occasions in neighborhood eateries and bars. Since it was off-season, crowds were slim. We visited the communities of Indian Beach and Salter Path and notably ate a few wonderful oyster sandwiches at a little place called Flipperz. The island faces south into the Atlantic Ocean and makes for unique shoreline sun risings and settings, if only the weather cooperated everyday.