Southport, Florida Weather
Southport, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Southport, Bay County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Southport. Tide source:
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Southport.
About Southport, Florida
Southport exhales a humid, salty breath, a quiet exhalation against the broad, sun-drenched canvas of the Florida Panhandle. It lies 9.1 miles north of Panama City, FL (from Panama City, FL: bearing 7°T), and is situated 3.1 miles north of Lynn Haven. Here, where the land yields gently to the embrace of the Gulf, the air hangs thick with the scent of pine needles and the distant, metallic tang of the sea. Live oaks, draped in veils of Spanish moss, offer dappled shade over roads that wind like lazy rivers, leading to homes painted in hues of seafoam and weathered wood. The terrain, a low-lying expanse of sandy soil, is crisscrossed by narrow creeks and bayous, their dark waters reflecting the immense, often cloud-streaked sky. The rhythm of Southport is one of patient waiting, of days measured by the slow creep of the sun and the murmur of cicadas, a gentle insistence of nature’s own time. This is a place where the echoes of logging and turpentine still whisper on the breeze, a testament to the resourcefulness of those who first carved a life from these coastal forests. For generations, the economy of Southport has been intrinsically tied to the bounty of the surrounding waters and the resilience of its people. Fishermen still mend their nets on quiet docks, their weathered hands a living map of years spent wrestling with the Gulf’s unpredictable generosity. While the whispers of past industries have faded, a sense of enduring community persists, a shared understanding forged in the crucible of coastal living. Southport is not a place of grand pronouncements, but of quiet endurance, where the simple act of watching the tide ebb and flow feels like a profound connection to something ancient and true.
Live animated radar for Southport 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.
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| Location | Southport, Bay County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.289366°N, 85.640483°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32409 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Southport, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southport, Florida, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Southport includes coordinates 30.289366°N, 85.640483°W, situated in Bay County. ZIP code 32409. Telephone area code: 850. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
