Gulf Coast

All you need is a great guide, snorkeling gear, a patient eye, and this simple, buttery recipe

With pristine white-sand shores and outdoor adventure in spades, the beaches of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are ready when you are

An author and historian shares his reading list for a trip to the Gulf Coast

For generations, sun worshippers and sportsmen have flocked to the Gulf Coast’s sugar sands, barrier islands, wild marshes, and grassy flats for tranquility and adventure. but those aren’t the only reasons to go. For starters…

One of the last true fish camps on the Florida Gulf coast beckons with a slower pace

Memories abide on a lazy stretch of Texas coast

No matter your pleasure, there are pockets of pristine coastline to discover

An annual father-daughter poker trip to a Biloxi casino captures what it means to be down but not out

Meet three Panhandle beach towns with style to spare

What makes them great, why they’re in danger, and where you can shuck one at its freshest

The Margaritaville mogul toasts the Gulf Coast bars he loves the most

Some of the best parts of the Gulf? The inlets and channels leading to it

The Alabama coast has changed, but the simple pleasure of the evening breeze remains

Why the author loves Alabama’s utopia by the bay—and thinks you should too

A new book inspires an outdoor adventurer’s guide to “America’s Sea”—from Padre Island to Cedar Key

Photographer Wes Frazer goes behind-the-scenes to document the men and women of the Gulf Coast seafood industry

A back-roads ramble in search of soul and seafood on the Gulf

Ride shotgun with writer Mike Grudowski on a quest for fresh shrimp and oyster shacks

When oil started flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, a handful of volunteers sprang into action in an attempt to save the Kemp’s ridley, the most imperiled sea turtle in the world. This is their story.