West Pass Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Alabama)

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West Pass Spot ID:

Type: sandbar

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SSE | Wind NNW

Sea Temperature Today is: 25.3 °C

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Friday, 24 May 2013, 03:38 Local time

m, °C	Thursday 23			Fri
ft, °F	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Wave (m)	SSW	S	S	S
Period (s)	5	5	6	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off

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West Pass in United-States - Alabamais a sandbar break that has quite reliable surf. The favoured conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. Offshore winds blow from the north northwest. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the ideal wave direction is from the south southeast. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Rarely crowded here. Hazards include .

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Sea Temperature

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Bon Secour, Bon Secour River, Alabama, 7 miles from West Pass.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

West Pass Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At SHIP105, 20 km from West Pass.

light winds from the W

km/h

Air temperature
26.2 °C

Current weather near West Pass

Buoy Data:

At Orange Beach Buoy, 16 miles from West Pass.

	9PM	10PM	11PM	12AM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	3	3	3	5

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Overall West Pass Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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The two graphs above are also combined in the single West Pass surf consistency graph.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to West Pass: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Terry s Cove	10 mi
Second closest break	Alabama Point	11 mi
Third closest break	Spuds	12 mi
Fourth closest break	Dauphin Island Pier	20 mi
Fifth closest break	The Point -Fort Pickens	27 mi
Wave buoys nearest to West Pass:
Closest wave buoy	Orange Beach Buoy	16 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Biloxi Buoy	63 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Pensacola Buoy	144 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Thunder Horse Buoy	149 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Timbalier Block Buoy	190 mi
Tide stations nearest to West Pass:
Closest tide station	Bon Secour, Bon Secour River	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Gulf Shores, ICWW	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Alabama Point, Perdido Pass	11 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Weeks Bay, Vermilion Bay	13 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Mobile Point (Fort Morgan)	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to West Pass:
Closest ski area	Cloudmont (United States)	356 mi
Second closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	415 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	421 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sapphire Valley (United States)	438 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	451 mi
Town and city forecasts close to West Pass:
Closest city location	Pensacola (United States)	32 mi
Second closest city location	Mobile (United States)	35 mi
Third closest city location	East Pensacola Heights (United States)	36 mi
Fourth closest city location	Ferry Pass (United States)	37 mi
Fifth closest city location	Prichard (United States)	40 mi

West Pass break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for West Pass, Alabama. Use the tab navigation above to view West Pass sea temperature, West Pass photographs, West Pass detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, West Pass webcams, current wind from Alabama live weather stations and West Pass tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around West Pass.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has stated that a magnitude 8.2 Earthquake beneath the Sea of Okhosk did not generate a destructive Tsunami. However, we suggest that local interests also listen for statements from the Japan Meteorological Agency, located much closer to the source.

West Pass Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Alabama)

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Overall West Pass Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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