6th Street Beach Access

Gulf Shores, United States

Right now

Conditions at 9:00 AM Central Daylight Time.

Poor

Flat (0.2 m) at 4 s, heading toward NW, with light cross-offshore wind toward SSW.

Swell

0.2 m

NW

4 s

Wind

6 km/h

SSW

Cross-offshore

Tide

0.6 m

Falling

Weather

26 °C

Clear

30 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSecondary swellChopWindTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 5 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

9 km/h · 17 km/h gusts ·

W

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Partly cloudy · 25 °C

29 °C feels

1 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 5 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

9 km/h · 11 km/h gusts ·

S

Offshore

0.7 m

Overcast · 24 °C

28 °C feels

2 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 5 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts ·

SE

Offshore

0.7 m

Clear · 24 °C

27 °C feels

3 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 5 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

3 km/h · 3 km/h gusts ·

S

Offshore

0.7 m

Clear · 24 °C

27 °C feels

4 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 5 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

8 km/h · 9 km/h gusts ·

SSW

Offshore

0.8 m

Clear · 23 °C

26 °C feels

5 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 5 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts ·

SSW

Offshore

0.7 m

Clear · 23 °C

26 °C feels

6 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

6 km/h · 10 km/h gusts ·

SSW

Offshore

0.7 m

Clear · 23 °C

26 °C feels

7 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

6 km/h · 9 km/h gusts ·

SSW

Offshore

0.7 m

Clear · 23 °C

26 °C feels

8 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

8 km/h · 11 km/h gusts ·

SW

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 24 °C

28 °C feels

9 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

6 km/h · 8 km/h gusts ·

SSW

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 26 °C

31 °C feels

10 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts ·

SW

Offshore

0.5 m

Clear · 28 °C

34 °C feels

11 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

1 km/h · 8 km/h gusts ·

W

Cross-shore

0.4 m

Clear · 29 °C

36 °C feels

12 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

9 km/h · 11 km/h gusts ·

N

Onshore

0.4 m

Clear · 30 °C

36 °C feels

1 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

12 km/h · 14 km/h gusts ·

NNE

Onshore

0.4 m

Mostly clear · 30 °C

36 °C feels

2 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

15 km/h · 17 km/h gusts ·

NNE

Onshore

0.3 m

Mostly clear · 30 °C

35 °C feels

3 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

17 km/h · 19 km/h gusts ·

NNE

Onshore

0.3 m

Clear · 30 °C

36 °C feels

4 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

16 km/h · 19 km/h gusts ·

NNE

Onshore

0.4 m

Clear · 30 °C

35 °C feels

5 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

15 km/h · 18 km/h gusts ·

NNE

Onshore

0.4 m

Clear · 29 °C

34 °C feels

6 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 3 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

14 km/h · 18 km/h gusts ·

NE

Onshore

0.4 m

Clear · 28 °C

32 °C feels

7 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 3 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

12 km/h · 19 km/h gusts ·

ENE

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Clear · 27 °C

31 °C feels

8 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 3 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 1 s

10 km/h · 17 km/h gusts ·

ENE

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Clear · 27 °C

31 °C feels

9 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 3 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

9 km/h · 16 km/h gusts ·

ENE

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Clear · 27 °C

31 °C feels

10 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 3 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

10 km/h · 18 km/h gusts ·

ENE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 27 °C

31 °C feels

11 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 3 s

·

NW

0.1 m · 4 s

NNE

0 m · 0 s

8 km/h · 14 km/h gusts ·

E

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 26 °C

31 °C feels

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