Saturday, May 26 to instant acclaim and almost immediate success. During its first day of operation, the pier , which replaces a wooden pier destroyed by Hurricane Opal in 1995, drew about 200 anglers and some 2,000 other visitors who came just to stroll the more than a quarter-mile into the gulf.
Seasonal passes are also available.
In terms of superlatives, the fishing pier is unparalleled anywhere in the gulf. The pier's record-breaking span, which rises 26 feet above the gulf, includes 1,230 feet over water. It is a very functionally designed pier. It should last well into the next century. The pier was built by Stolt, Seaway, Comex, an international marine construction company specializing in building offshore drilling facilities.