High-resolution tidal and coastal currents for Mobile Bay Entrance
Mobile Bay Entrance
Bay entrance · Alabama, United States
Mobile Bay Entrance is a bay entrance between Dauphin Island and Mobile Point on the Alabama coast, leading from the Gulf of Mexico through the Main Pass into Mobile Bay and the Port of Mobile. The tide is predominantly diurnal and small, with a mean range of 1.18 ft (0.36 m) at the Dauphin Island station.
- Type
- Bay entrance
- Location
- Alabama, United States
- Setting
- Between Dauphin Island and Mobile Point on the Alabama coast, leading from the Gulf of Mexico through the Main Pass into Mobile Bay and the Port of Mobile
- Tidal range
- The tide is predominantly diurnal and small, with a mean range of 1.18 ft (0.36 m) at the Dauphin Island station.
- Notable
- Fort Morgan on Mobile Point and Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island, facing each other across the entrance, are National Historic Landmarks and the focal points of the August 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay (NPS / Alabama Historical Commission).