Dauphin Island Pier surf break

Dauphin Island Pier surfForecast / Alabama / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 CST
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Dauphin Island Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dauphin Island Pier sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dauphin Island Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Dauphin Island Pier at 5AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Evening (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s

Table - waves today at Dauphin Island Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
SSW
0.7
SE
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)426343344445566666666667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2144435910172616236271899211314913913412210973
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:19AM
0.19
10:21PM
0.11
5:24PM
0.14
4:57PM
0.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
-0.01
8:31AM
0.02
5:23AM
-0.01
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:48---
Sunset------5:07-------5:07-------5:08-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------3343111
Temp. °C212222222121212222222222222222222323222222222121
Feels °C (?)212222222021202222212121212122212223212122222120
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