Mississippi Gulf Coast · MS
Biloxi
The Playground of the South, once French Louisiana's capital.
- Population
- 49,449 (2020 census)
- Capital of Louisiana
- 1720–1722
- Lighthouse
- 1848
- Tides
- One high, one low a day
Then
- 1699
Iberville's colonists build Fort Maurepas at today's Ocean Springs, the first permanent settlement in French Louisiana.
- 1720–1722
Biloxi is the capital of French Louisiana until Bienville moves it to New Orleans.
- 1848
The Biloxi Lighthouse, built in Baltimore and shipped south, is lit.
- 1881
The first seafood cannery opens, and shrimp boats and oyster luggers fill the harbor.
- 1969 and 2005
Hurricanes Camille and Katrina, the latter with a 30-foot surge, devastate the coast.
Now
Eight casinos line the beach, and Keesler Air Force Base trains airmen. Ocean Springs and Davis Bayou share this stretch.
On the water
From NOAA's predictions for Biloxi, MS over the next 345 days. Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
- Pattern
- Usually one high and one low a day
- Typical daily range
- 1.7 ft
- Biggest swing
- 3.3 ft on Dec 23
- Smallest swing
- 0.3 ft on Nov 19
- Highest high
- 2.5 ft, Dec 23 at 10:01 PM
- Lowest low
- −0.8 ft, Dec 23 at 7:45 AM
9 tide stations around Biloxi
- Biloxi1.5 mi
- Biloxi (Cadet Point), Biloxi Bay1.8 mi
- Ocean Springs5.2 mi
- Hollingsworth Point, Davis Bayou6.7 mi
- Graveline Bayou Entrance13.4 mi
- Horn Island, Mississippi Sound17.0 mi
- Pascagoula, South Side23.1 mi
- Point of Pines, Bayou Cumbest26.5 mi
- Petit Bois Island, Mississippi Sound29.6 mi