That’s both the charm and the drawback to Ocracoke, no beach houses or hotels at all, it’s all NPS. If you want to see the beach you’ve got to go north of the village to the public beach accesses, camp at the NPS campground at the base of the dunes which is also north of the village, or have a 4WD vehicle to take the old sand beach road south to some very nice beaches. Remote, few people other than fishermen and the occasional nudists, lol.
South of the village? Isn’t that water?