General Features
- Books
- DVD player
- Games
- 1 on-site accessible parking spaces
- 3.5 bathrooms
- 4 bedrooms
- Air conditioning
- At least 80% lighting from LEDs
- Balcony
- Barbecue grill
- Beach sun loungers
- Bed sheets provided
- Birdwatching nearby
- Car required
- Children's dinnerware
- Comprehensive recycling policy
- Cookware/dishes/utensils
- Deadbolt lock
- Dining table
- Dishwasher
- Electric car charging station on site
- Elevator
- Elevator door width (inches): 30
- English
- Fence around the pool
- Fire extinguisher
- Fishing nearby
- Free WiFi
- Golfing on site
- Hair dryer
- Handrails in stairways
- Hardwood flooring in public areas
- Heated pool
- Heating
- Hiking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- Iron/ironing board
- Laundry facilities
- Living room
- Lobster/crab pot
- Marina nearby
- Microwave
- Near a hospital
- Near the ocean
- No carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is no carbon monoxide detector or gas appliances on the property)
- No pets allowed
- On the beach
- Onsite parking
- Outdoor furniture
- Outdoor pool
- Oven
- Power boating nearby
- Private pool
- Recycling
- Refrigerator
- Sailing nearby
- Shower
- Smart TV with cable/satellite service
- Smoke detector installed (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
- Smoke-free property
- Spices
- Stovetop
- Surfing/body boarding nearby
- Swimming nearby
- Towels provided
- Unit size: 1800 sq ft (167 sq m)
- Washing machine and dryer
- Water dispenser
- Wheelchair-accessible parking
- Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available
- Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
- Wheelchair-accessible van parking
View this property at:
- Sleeps 8
- 4 Bedrooms
- 3 Bathrooms
- Private vacation home
- Approximately 1800 square feet
OCEANFRONT beach home which is owner managed. Heated pool re-opens in early March. March through the spring can be a amazing break from wherever you live. If your winter has been anything like mine on the farm in Virginia, you NEED a beach vacation.
Partial or full weeks still available for much of 2026.
Pelican Watch is a handsome 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath, plus outside shower, which is oceanfront on the East End of Holden Beach. Our private heated pool is open from early March until late November. The beach strand is frequently renourished and is broad and in great shape. The home is very tall and sits behind two rows of dunes and a limited use one-way street. Take a short walk to stairs over our protective dunes to access the uncrowded beach strand.
Holden Beach, and especially the "East End" is much less densely developed than many Carolina beaches.
Pelican Watch is very tall with great sweeping vistas over the dunes, beach strand and the Atlantic. Three of the 4 bedrooms as well as the living room are oceanfront with plenty of glass. The ELEVATOR goes from the ground / parking level to the top floor, without a stop at the lower living level. The top floor (served by elevator) included: living room; dining; kitchen; elevated sitting area with access to a back deck; oceanfront porch; one Oceanfront queen suite, and a half bath off common areas. The lower living level (no elevator stop) has: Oceanfront suite with king bed; oceanfront bedroom with queen bed which shares a bath with back bedroom with a full-size bed and roll out single trundle.
Private heated pool has lounge chairs. We have a collection (varies) of beach chairs, pool floats, body boards,
Our kitchen is much better outfitted than the typical beach rental. My wife and I designed Pelican Watch and it's our third (now only one) home on the East End. We are actively involved in the entire operation and are supported by longtime local cleaning and maintenance professionals.
Sometimes the calendar might show as "blocked" but might be available. I'm retired and I get there frequently but often have flexibility. Reach out with any questions,
Thanks, Irv Woods
PS Over 90% of of annual rental nights are booked by multi-years repeat renters, some for more than 15 consecutive years.
About the Area
Located in Holden Beach, this vacation home is on the beach. Holden Beach and Sailfish Park reflect the area's natural beauty and area attractions include Magic Mountain Fun Park and Planet Fun. Parasailing and windsurfing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and hiking nearby.
Special Instructions
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Know Before you Go
A car is required for transportation to and from this property
Pet Policy
Note from host: Absolutely NO pets, firm policy.
Nearby Restaurants
- Mermaid’s Island Grill - 0.9 miles
- Captain Pete’s Seafood Restaurant - 0.9 miles
- Provision Company - 1.1 miles
- Archibald’s Deli & Rotisserie - 1.9 miles
- Fish House Restaurant at Blue Water Point Motel & Marina - 2.1 miles
- Silver Hill Grill - 3.6 miles
Nearby Activities
- Ollie Raja Fishing Charters - 0.9 miles
- FantaSea - 1.1 miles
- Treasure Island Miniature Golf - 1.2 miles
- N.C. Dept Of Agricultue - 1.6 miles
- Lockwood Folly Country Club - 2.0 miles
- Fish House Restaurant at Blue Water Point Motel & Marina - 2.1 miles
- Fugitive Fishin Charters - 2.1 miles
- Holden Beach Pier - 2.7 miles
Nearby Shopping
- Provision Company - 1.1 miles
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