Terry Cove: depth, boat ramps and water quality

Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Boggy Point Boat Launch - Alabama, 2 lanes, unknown.

The estuary

Terry Cove covers 265 acres in Alabama, across Baldwin County. It is an estuary: the deepest point measured is 16.7 feet (5.1 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water. The water crosses into Georgia.

Depth: down to 16.7 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 16.7 ft (5.1 m). We hold 188 depth contours for this water, drawn from 1,694 soundings.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 78°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 52°F and the warmest is 91°F; the warmest monthly average is 87°F. pH averages 8. These readings span 2018–2025.

Alabama's Coastal Connection - Setting Out from Orange Beach - NARA - 7716828.jpg
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1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Boggy Point Boat Launch - Alabama — 2 lanes, dock, lit for night fishing, restrooms. Orange Beach, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Division. 27491 Marina Road, Orange Beach 36561 · phone (251) 968-7576 · website outdooralabama.com/boating/coastal-alabama-boating-access

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish. Summer water sits at 87°F: heat and afternoon lightning are the real risks, not the fishing.

Where this data comes from

  • NOAA Digital Coast — NOAA Digital Coast bathymetric lidar: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA NOS Hydro — NOAA NOS hydrographic survey archive: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA BlueTopo: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • USACE eHydro — USACE eHydro channel surveys: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.