The 13 Best Beaches of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach — Find Your Beach

Alabama Issue / Shell Seaside

There was a time when I thought that Perdido Move separated Alabama Level on the west side and Florida Position on the east, but that would be far too simple. So I searched Alabama Issue on Google Maps, and it appeared on the west aspect of the pass, just north of the bridge, which matches the geography effectively enough, but not any of the seaside descriptions. Alternatively, I’ll defer to the park signal situated on the jap aspect of the bridge/go that obviously suggests – ‘Alabama Point.’

This ‘Alabama Point’ matches the preferred descriptions of a 6000-foot wide white sandy seaside with boardwalks that leads by means of the dunes to the ocean. I go through numerous stories of free parking, but the pay out stations in the lot say usually. I even study just one report indicating they “loved the browsing,” but I’m having that with a grain of salt. My go-to resource, Magicseaweed, claims, “Alabama seaside breaks are abominably fickle” but adds that it is “one of the finest alternatives on the Alabama mainland” – even though Orange Beach is technically on an island. They also area Alabama Issue on the west facet of the pass, so there’s that.

The name recreation does not get any far better for the jetties, which are prime fishing places. The jetties primary into Perdido Go are prime fishing spots. Whilst some do snorkel right here, we don’t endorse it because of to the tides and anglers. Alabama Place is on the west facet of the move and Florida level is on the east.

So let’s just say Alabama Position, aka Florida Issue, aka Issue East, is on the east side of the move with the corresponding park signal. This seashore has a moderately sized paid out parking ton and the aforementioned 6000′ white sandy beach. It also has restrooms, showers, and typical foods trucks, which includes the tremendous sweet Frost Bites that operates out of an Airstream. You are going to also be close to wonderful eating at Cobalt, which has a kicking joyful hour from 3-5, which you can capture if you time your seaside take a look at ideal.

Oh, what about Shell Seaside? It is a small, paid out ton, 900′ previous the entrance to Alabama Place, with no facilities. It is close sufficient to be overflow parking for Alabama Position if you require it. It is in which you will locate Alabama Level Reef, 1 of Gulf Shores’ synthetic snorkeling and diving reefs. It is situated a couple hundred toes offshore and marked on the seaside by two poles with pink lights.