Beach
Flags, surf, tide, and everything that decides your beach day
yellow flag flying, moderate surf + marine pests present
South Walton Fire District, confirmed 10:53 AM
Source: swfd.org72°
clear · feels like 69° · water 77°
Sunrise 6:54 AM · Sunset 6:02 PM
Rip current risk: Moderate · surf around 1 foot
Tuesday moderate · Wednesday moderate · Thursday moderate
Next few hours
- Wind
- 12 mph
- Humidity
- 51%
- Rain chance
- 0%
- Cloud cover
- 0%
- Wave height
- 1.5 ft
- Swell period
- 5s
Open-Meteo forecast + marine, updated 10:54 AM · Rip current risk from NWS, issued 217 AM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026
Tide today
Panama City Beach
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.