Orange Beach wind

Orange Beach is a weather buoy near Gulf Shores. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 10 kn from SSW (210°), gusting 12 kn, 2026-11-04 23:10 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 17:10 America/Chicago). Air 25°C. 1012 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 8 kn, 80 readings, gust 25 kn, peak mean 21 kn, mostly S (177°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Orange Beach reported 608 readings, mean 15 kn, strongest mean wind 23 kn, strongest gust 27 kn, mostly from ENE (61°).

What it reports

Orange Beach reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

2026-11-04 23:10 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (210°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 22:50 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (210°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 21:40 UTC: 10 kn from SW (220°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 20:30 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (200°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 19:50 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (200°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 18:50 UTC: 12 kn from SSW (200°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-04 17:50 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (210°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 16:40 UTC: 8 kn from S (170°), gust 10 kn

Position 30.061, -87.547; exposure marine. Orange Beach is on open water.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Orange Beach: 2.2 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Orange Beach: 2.7 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 3.1 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Orange Beach

Perdido Pass, AL, 13.1 nm away
Gulf Shores/Edwards Arpt, 15.0 nm away
FW3872 weather, 13.6 nm away
DW9919 weather, 13.7 nm away
GW2193 weather, 14.2 nm away
EW6361 weather, 15.0 nm away