Water temperature

Alabama water temperature

Name: Alabama water temperature
Creator: Tide & Temp
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Latest NOAA water temperatures across Alabama, updated daily from CO-OPS sensors and NDBC buoys.

Warmest water in Alabama today: 79.0 F at ORANGE BEACH - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL (buoy 42012); coldest: 70.5 F at Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL (buoy DPHA1).
3 NOAA CO-OPS water-temperature sensors and 7 NDBC buoys report for Alabama as of October 18, 2026 (UTC).

NOAA CO-OPS sensors in Alabama

Latest hourly reading; 30-day range; typical = 5-year mean for October at that sensor.

Station	Water now	30-day range (F)	Typical Oct (F)	Read (local)
Coast Guard Sector Mobile	72.1 F 22.3 C	72.1 to 88.0	76.1	04:00 10-18
Dauphin Island	70.9 F 21.6 C	70.3 to 89.4	74.9	04:00 10-18
Mobile State Docks	75.4 F 24.1 C	75.4 to 88.9	76.5	04:00 10-18

Buoys are assigned to the state of the nearest NOAA tide station. Observation times are UTC.

Buoy	Location	Water	Air	Waves	Observed
42012	ORANGE BEACH - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL	79.0 F 26.1 C	66 F	5.6 ft	08:50 UTC
42357	DISL Sofar Spotter	77.2 F 25.1 C		1.6 ft	08:05 UTC
DILA1	8735180 - Dauphin Island, AL	71.4 F 21.9 C	61 F		08:48 UTC
DPHA1	Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL	70.5 F 21.4 C	65 F		06:00 UTC
MCGA1	8736897 - Coast Guard Sector Mobile, AL	72.0 F 22.2 C	56 F		08:48 UTC
OBLA1	8737048 - Mobile State Docks, AL	75.2 F 24.0 C	56 F		08:48 UTC
PPTA1	Perdido Pass, AL	77.5 F 25.3 C	89 F		06:00 UTC