Beach
Flags, surf, tide, and everything that decides your beach day
yellow flag flying, moderate surf + marine pests present
South Walton Fire District, confirmed 7:57 AM
Source: swfd.org82°
clear · feels like 93° · water 87°
Sunrise 6:18 AM · Sunset 7:14 PM
Rip current risk: Moderate · surf around 1 foot
Thursday moderate · Friday moderate · Saturday moderate
Next few hours
- Wind
- 2 mph
- Humidity
- 83%
- Rain chance
- 5%
- Cloud cover
- 9%
- Wave height
- 0.7 ft
- Swell period
- 3s
Open-Meteo forecast + marine, updated 8:19 AM · Rip current risk from NWS, issued 215 AM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026
Sea turtle nesting season
Lights out, no holes left in the sand, no gear left overnight — sea turtle nesting season on 30A. Runs May 1 – Oct 31.
Coastal dune lakes
Walton County has roughly 15 of the ~100 coastal dune lakes on Earth — rare freshwater lakes that periodically open to the Gulf through a shifting sand outfall. Outfall status changes day to day, so ask locally before assuming one is open or closed.
- Western Lake (Grayton Beach)
- Eastern Lake (Seagrove Beach)
- Camp Creek Lake (WaterSound)
- Deer Lake (Seagrove Beach)
- Oyster Lake (Grayton Beach / WaterColor)
- Draper Lake (Blue Mountain Beach)
- Stallworth Lake (Blue Mountain Beach)
- Big Redfish Lake (Grayton Beach)
- Little Redfish Lake (Grayton Beach)
- Alligator Lake (Topsail Hill Preserve)
- Campbell Lake (Topsail Hill Preserve)
- Morris Lake (Topsail Hill Preserve)
Parking
Regional beach accesses (Ed Walline, Grayton Beach, Van Ness Butler) have the most parking and restrooms but fill first in season. Neighborhood accesses are walk/bike-up only in most residential areas. Go early or go late in peak season — lots fill by mid-morning.