Pirate’s Cove is the boat-up dive on Innerarity that has, for reasons nobody seems able to explain or unwilling to share, a small island of goats just off the dock. The goats live on the island. You can wave at them. You cannot pet them. They are not a petting zoo. They are independent contractors who keep the island vegetation trimmed and serve as the bar’s most photographed amenity.
The bar itself is everything a Gulf Coast dock bar should be — picnic tables, sand floor, a kitchen that turns out the basics, a long bar with a long row of regulars holding it down. The play is to come by boat, tie up at the dock, do your time on the porch with a cold one, and go.
Live music when there’s live music. Cash when the card reader is having a day. Pets welcome on the porch (you’ll see other dogs there). The goats are not pets. Do not feed the goats.
Important note for first-timers: there is also a Pirate’s Cove on Dauphin Island, an hour west, and they are not the same place. The Innerarity one is the one with the goats.