Cape San Blas, Florida Weather
Cape San Blas, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Cape San Blas, Gulf County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cape San Blas. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cape San Blas is published on the Costin Airport (KA51) page, 12 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Cape San Blas have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Cape San Blas: Apalachicola Regional Airport (KAAF) 32 km · St George Island Airport (KF47) 42 km · Tyndall Air Force Base (KPAM) 50 km
Conditions reported at KA51 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cape San Blas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cape San Blas.
About Cape San Blas, Florida
Cape San Blas unfurls like a long, slender finger pointing seaward, a sliver of white sand and sea oats against the vast, shimmering canvas of the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 38.6 miles south-south-east of Panama City, FL (from Panama City, FL: bearing 151°T), and is situated 10.4 miles south-south-west of Port St. Joe. The air here carries the saline tang of the ocean, a constant, gentle whisper that rustles through the sparse, wind-sculpted vegetation. Palm fronds, bent at improbable angles by persistent breezes, trace dancing shadows on the powdery shores, where the turquoise water laps with a hypnotic, ceaseless rhythm. The landscape is one of subtle undulations, a low-lying terrain where the horizon stretches infinitely, broken only by the occasional weathered pilings of a fishing pier or the distant silhouette of a solitary seabird. Dusk paints the western sky in hues of rose and molten gold, a fleeting, breathtaking spectacle that bleeds into the darkening sea, lending an almost ethereal quality to the otherwise raw, untamed beauty of this place. This spit of land, historically a haven for fishermen and those seeking solace from the mainland's clamor, has a character shaped by the ebb and flow of the sea and the resilient spirit of its inhabitants. For generations, the local economy has been intrinsically tied to the bounty of the Gulf, with a modest fleet of charter boats still heading out at dawn, their engines a low thrum against the morning quiet. The absence of high-rise hotels and sprawling developments has preserved a distinct, unhurried pace of life, a deliberate slowing down that allows for an appreciation of the natural world. The ghost crabs, scurrying across the sand with their impossibly quick movements, are as much a part of the local fauna as the occasional dolphin breaching the waves, a constant reminder of the wild heart that beats at the core of Cape San Blas.
Live animated radar for Cape San Blas and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Cape San Blas, Gulf County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.667548°N, 85.352478°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32456 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cape San Blas, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cape San Blas, Florida, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cape San Blas includes coordinates 29.667548°N, 85.352478°W, situated in Gulf County. ZIP code 32456. Telephone area code: 850. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
