Gulf Shores and Orange Beach have wonderful, award-winning restaurants, dynamic shopping and exciting events. This little slice of heaven is overflowing with Southern hospitality and features unique attractions like championship golf, nature trails, water sports, and amusement parks. The Gulf Shores and Orange Beach area presents plenty to do for vacationers and residents alike.

Whether you feel like pursuing the thrills and fun of adventure or quiet, lazy days on the beach, you can do it all in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. Slowly meander along the sugar-white sand with your partner’s hand in yours, or listen to your kids scream with laughter and wonder when they catch sight of their first dolphins, leaping and splashing alongside the boat on an awe-inspring dolphin cruise. If you crave a slower sporting experience, cast your line into one of the country’s largest artificial fishing reefs during a deep-sea fishing trip. Or maybe you’d like to relive history and travel back to a time when cannons protected the waterways, then you can come explore the nearly 200-year-old Fort Morgan, located at the western end of Gulf Shores.

This area has a subtropical climate, with bright sunny summers and warm winters. The Alabama Gulf Coast weather offers year-round opportunities for beach-going, fishing, and golfing. Winters are generally mild and residents can enjoy outside activities the majority of the time. Summers are hot, which makes for great beach weather and the sea breeze provides relief from the heat as well as humidity. While the area enjoys a strong “snowbird” season from December to April, many locals say that May/June and October/November are the best months. Ocean surf temperatures are quite warm from May through November, often well into the low 80s.