Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Weather
Santa Rosa Beach, 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 Santa Rosa Beach, Walton County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Santa Rosa Beach. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Santa Rosa Beach is published on the Destin Executive Airport (KDTS) page, 23 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. 6 airfields within reach of Santa Rosa Beach 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 Santa Rosa Beach: Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (KVPS) 29 km · Defuniak Springs Airport (K54J) 38 km · Duke Field (KEGI) 40 km · Hurlburt Field (KHRT) 44 km · Bob Sikes Airport (KCEW) 51 km
Conditions reported at KDTS describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Santa Rosa Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Santa Rosa Beach.
About Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Santa Rosa Beach unfurls along the Gulf Coast with a quiet grace, its sugar-white sands a stark, luminous contrast to the emerald blush of the sea. It lies 24.7 miles east of Wright, FL (from Wright, FL: bearing 99°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east of Miramar Beach. The air, thick with the scent of salt and pine, carries the whisper of wind through sea oats that bow and sway across the dunes, a constant, gentle choreography. Here, the land itself seems to breathe, a low, sandy terrain that slopes towards the boundless horizon, where the sky often bleeds into a painterly wash of apricot and rose as the day surrenders to evening. The shallow, crystalline waters of the Gulf, so clear you can trace the delicate patterns of shells on the seabed, invite a lingering contemplation, a stillness that settles over the landscape like a fine mist. This stretch of coastline, once a sparsely populated expanse visited by fishermen and those seeking solitude, has blossomed into a destination renowned for its natural beauty and relaxed pace. The local economy, deeply entwined with the allure of its pristine beaches and the shimmering Choctawhatchee Bay, thrives on tourism, with a scattering of charming boutiques and eateries offering a taste of coastal life. History whispers in the weathered pilings of old piers and the stories of families who have called this place home for generations, their lives shaped by the rhythm of the tides and the bounty of the sea. Santa Rosa Beach retains a distinct character, a place where the modern world has arrived without entirely displacing the enduring spirit of the coast, where the emerald waters and the pale, fine sand remain its most compelling landmarks.
Live animated radar for Santa Rosa Beach 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 | Santa Rosa Beach, Walton County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.396032°N, 86.228832°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32459 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Santa Rosa Beach, 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 Santa Rosa Beach includes coordinates 30.396032°N, 86.228832°W, situated in Walton County. ZIP code 32459. 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.
