Gulf Shores Public Beach
Gulf Shores, AL
Broad, quartz-white sand along Alabama's short but scenic coastline, with warm, calm water and a slower pace than its bigger Florida neighbors.
Quartz white sand with a noticeably slower pace than its Florida neighbors, weekday mornings here are about as quiet as the Gulf gets.
How we score beachesWeekday mornings here are noticeably quieter than the Florida beaches an hour east.
Dogs are not allowed on the public sand beach in Gulf Shores at any time, aside from service animals.
Alabama's stretch of the Gulf gets properly hot and humid by June, with water warm enough to swim comfortably straight through October. Hurricane season runs the same stretch, June through November, so a late summer trip is worth a glance at the tropics.
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