Ocean in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.7118, -76.9913
- Elevation
- 7 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 465 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ocean, North Carolina, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Ocean, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Ocean, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Ocean
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Ocean.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:54 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Ocean right now
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Ocean and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28594 Emerald Isle — 6.0 km away
- 28570 Newport — 9.1 km away
- 28575 Salter Path — 10.0 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
Other places named Ocean
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Rollingwoood Acres — 4.4 km
- Bogue — 4.4 km
- Broad Creek — 5.1 km
- Emerald Isle — 5.3 km
- Bayshore Park — 5.7 km
- Country Club Point — 5.8 km
About the time in Ocean
The postal breakdown of Ocean runs to 3 codes.
Ocean is placed in America/New_York, and its offset from UTC is −4. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:16 AM in Ocean and goes down at 6:32 PM. Daylight measures 11 h 16 min.
Bogue and Rollingwoood Acres are near Ocean and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Ocean?
- The time zone that applies to Ocean is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is summer time in effect in Ocean at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Ocean: Yes.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Ocean?
- Sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 6:32 PM.