About Gulf Shores

Gulf Shores is a town in Alabama, United States. From Gulf Shores you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is West Pass, a surf spot 5.8 km from the centre. Overture lists 36 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is PNS, 53 km away.

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Staying in Gulf Shores

36 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: PNS, 53 km, MOB, 71 km, VPS, 115 km

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Gulf Shores too.

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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Terry's Cove10.5 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Orange Beach, 2 kmIntermediate and up

3 ft37 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

1 ft1 kJ

3 ft41 kJ

4 ft67 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Terry's Cove, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	37, fair	3 ft5 smushy	37kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 12 knots, offshore	23°C
Tue 20Oct	27, too small	2 ft4 smushy	15kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	23°C
Wed 21Oct	22, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots, offshore	24°C
Thu 22Oct	14, too small	1 ft3 smushy	4kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	24°C
Fri 23Oct	6, too small	1 ft4 smushy	1kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots, offshore	24°C
Sat 24Oct	32, poor	3 ft5 smushy	41kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots	22°C
Sun 25Oct	39, fair	4 ft5 smushy	67kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	22°C

West Pass5.8 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft49 kJ

3 ft22 kJ

2 ft14 kJ

2 ft5 kJ

1 ft2 kJ

3 ft47 kJ

4 ft76 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at West Pass, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	40, fair	3 ft5 smushy	49kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	23°C
Tue 20Oct	34, too small	3 ft4 smushy	22kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots	23°C
Wed 21Oct	25, too small	2 ft4 smushy	14kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	24°C
Fri 23Oct	7, too small	1 ft4 smushy	2kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	36, fair	3 ft5 smushy	47kJ	wind from the north-east, 7 knots	22°C
Sun 25Oct	49, good	4 ft5 smushy	76kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots	22°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Gulf Shores, 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 Gulf Shores

The Cove Bar & GrillBar and grill · 0.3 km from the centre
Godfather's PizzaPizza · 0.4 km from the centre
Efes Greek KitchenGreek · 0.5 km from the centre
Fish River GrillSeafood · 0.5 km from the centre
PHO-MO Asian kitchen & grill gulf shoresAsian · 0.5 km from the centre
Poke Bowl Sushi Burrito & BobaPoke · 0.5 km from the centre

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

Gulf Shores, United States