Closest Beaches

Beaches Near Mobile, AL

Mobile sits at the head of Mobile Bay, with the open Gulf about an hour south. Dauphin Island is the closest swimmable sand, and Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are roughly 50 miles down the road. Bay water near the city is brackish and not a beach in the resort sense.

Plan This Week

Tuesday looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Grayton Beach State Park on Monday (87).

Within 60 mi

Dauphin Island Public Beach

31 mi · ~45 min drive · Mobile County, AL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 70°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (79)

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge

34 mi · ~49 min drive · Baldwin County, AL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 73°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (85)

Gulf Shores Public Beach

37 mi · ~54 min drive · Baldwin County, AL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Orange Beach

40 mi · ~57 min drive · Baldwin County, AL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Perdido Key State Park

44 mi · ~1 hr 3 min drive · Escambia County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Biloxi Beach

55 mi · ~1 hr 20 min drive · Harrison County, MS

Ideal for a beach walk.

74°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (85)

Pensacola Beach

59 mi · ~1 hr 25 min drive · Escambia County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

79°F water 71°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (85)

West Ship Island

64 mi · ~1 hr 33 min drive · Harrison County, MS

Great day for a beach walk.

Gulfport Beach

66 mi · ~1 hr 35 min drive · Harrison County, MS

Great day for a beach walk.

70°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (81)

Navarre Beach

73 mi · ~1 hr 46 min drive · Santa Rosa County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

79°F water 71°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (81)

Pass Christian Beach

77 mi · ~1 hr 50 min drive · Harrison County, MS

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (79)

Bay St. Louis Beach

81 mi · ~1 hr 57 min drive · Hancock County, MS

Great day for a beach walk.

Destin Beach

97 mi · ~2 hr 19 min drive · Okaloosa County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

79°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Henderson Beach State Park

97 mi · ~2 hr 20 min drive · Okaloosa County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

79°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Miramar Beach

103 mi · ~2 hr 29 min drive · Walton County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

79°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park

107 mi · ~2 hr 35 min drive · Walton County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

79°F water 73°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Grayton Beach State Park

115 mi · ~2 hr 45 min drive · Walton County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

79°F water 73°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (87)

Seaside Beach (30A)

116 mi · ~2 hr 47 min drive · Walton County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

79°F water 73°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Rosemary Beach (30A)

124 mi · ~2 hr 58 min drive · Walton County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

79°F water 73°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Panama City Beach

134 mi · ~3 hr 13 min drive · Bay County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

79°F water 73°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Grand Isle State Park

152 mi · ~3 hr 38 min drive · Jefferson County, LA

Great day for a beach walk.

74°F air 5 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (83)

Mexico Beach

165 mi · ~3 hr 57 min drive · Bay County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

75°F water 74°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (82)

T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

171 mi · ~4 hr 6 min drive · Gulf County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 73°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (85)

Cape San Blas (Salinas Park)

177 mi · ~4 hr 15 min drive · Gulf County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 73°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (85)

St. George Island

208 mi · ~4 hr 59 min drive · Franklin County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

80°F water 74°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (81)

Distance is straight-line, drive times are estimates

Mileage shown is straight-line distance from the center of Mobile. Real drive times depend on highway routing, weekend traffic, and where in the metro you start. For summer Saturdays, plan 20–40 minutes longer than the estimates here. The range slider above filters by the same straight-line distance.