Dauphin Island, United States

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Dauphin Island, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Altairisfar (Jeffrey Reed), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Dauphin Island

Dauphin Island is a town in Alabama, United States. From Dauphin Island you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Sand Island, a surf spot 2.8 km from the centre. Overture lists 24 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is MOB, 50 km away.

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Staying in Dauphin Island

  • 24 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: MOB, 50 km, PNS, 92 km, GPT, 93 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Dauphin Island.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for the level each spot suits. Pick your level for the days that suit you. The best of the spots that stay in Dauphin Island each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Dauphin Island: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Sand Island2.8 kmabout 5 min by car4 ft69 kJwind from the north-east, 14 knots, offshore, poor3 ft44 kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots, offshore, poor3 ft24 kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore, too small2 ft18 kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots, offshore, too small2 ft6 kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots, offshore, too small1 ft4 kJwind from the north-north-east, 10 knots, offshore, too small3 ft29 kJwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots, too small
All readings for Sand Island: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sand Island, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct28, poor4 ft5 s69kJwind from the north-east, 14 knots, offshore21°C
Mon 19Oct32, poor3 ft5 s44kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots, offshore22°C
Tue 20Oct29, too small3 ft4 s24kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore22°C
Wed 21Oct32, too small2 ft4 s18kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots, offshore23°C
Thu 22Oct19, too small2 ft4 s6kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots, offshore23°C
Fri 23Oct10, too small1 ft4 s4kJwind from the north-north-east, 10 knots, offshore24°C
Sat 24Oct23, too small3 ft5 s29kJwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots22°C
Dauphin Island Pier3.6 kmabout 10 min by car3 ft44 kJwind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, poor3 ft25 kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots, too small2 ft14 kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, too small2 ft9 kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, too small1 ft3 kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots, too small1 ft1 kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots, too small2 ft19 kJwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots, too small
All readings for Dauphin Island Pier: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Dauphin Island Pier, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct10, poor3 ft5 smushy44kJwind from the east-north-east, 13 knots21°C
Mon 19Oct16, too small3 ft5 smushy25kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots22°C
Tue 20Oct15, too small2 ft4 smushy14kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots22°C
Wed 21Oct17, too small2 ft4 smushy9kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots23°C
Thu 22Oct12, too small1 ft3 smushy3kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots23°C
Fri 23Oct5, too small1 ft3 smushy1kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots24°C
Sat 24Oct12, too small2 ft4 smushy19kJwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots22°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Dauphin Island, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Dauphin Island

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits