West Gulf Place
Baldwin County, Alabama, United States
- Paid parking
Today at a glance
Best: 10 am to sunset, sunset 6:11 pm7.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
7.9
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8.2
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.9
14 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
9.3
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
9.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
20 km/h12 mph wind, Excellent
9.0
21 km/h13 mph wind, Excellent
9.0
21 km/h13 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
20 km/h13 mph wind, Excellent
9.3
19 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
9.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 10 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 18°C64°F
- Water
- 24°C76°F
- Wind
- 1610 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 2818 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.3 m1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:11 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 8 am, <0.1 m<1 ft
- Low 1 pm, <0.1 m<1 ft
- High 7 pm, <0.1 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- LifeguardStation listedOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms310 m0.2 mi away
- Parking24 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 70 m240 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink25 within 1 km0.6 mi
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 2.7 km1.7 miGulf Shores (town)
- Nearest airport
- 17 km11 miNaval Outlying Landing Field Barin (NHX)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Gulf Place0.3 km0.2 mi east away9.2 Excellent later
- East Gulf Place0.6 km0.4 mi east away9.2 Excellent later
- 6th Street Beach Access0.7 km0.4 mi west away9.5 Excellent later
- Gulf Shores Public Beach1.2 km0.7 mi west away9.5 Excellent later
- 10th Street Beach Access1.9 km1.2 mi west away9.5 Excellent later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat9.2 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.5 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.9 ExcellentBest 6 pm to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.9 GoodBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Wed9.6 ExcellentBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h10 mph, rain 0%