Continent
North America
Country
Florida (USA)
Next Big City
Fort Walton Beach
Next Town
Niceville
 
Type:
Lagoon
Rider Ability:
Intermediate, Expert
Features:
Parking

Water

Type:
Shallow, Flat, Chop
Hazards:
Shells
Quality:
Clean
Best Tide:
Tide independent

Generally calm and shallow, large bay. Can get moderate chop if strong southerly wind. Lots of oysters, so avoid cutting up your feet.

Beach

Type:
Sand
Size:
Small
Hazards:
Trees
Beach Users:
None

Narrow white sand beach, sparsely wooded with pines. Plenty of room to layout and launch though.

Weather

Spring:
Shorts, Shorty
Summer:
Shorts
Fall:
Shorts, Shorty
Winter:
Normal

Generally warm, spring suit needed October to November and March to April, full suit December to March.

Wind

Best Months:
January, February, March, April, November, December
Wind Type:
Frontal
Best Direction:
SSE, S
Main Direction:
SE, NW

Winter winds are frontal in nature, SE switching to NW as fronts come through. Cleanest wind here is a straight S or SSE, which has blown across 7 miles of the bay. The prime reason to come here is this is one of the few beaches in this area where the shoreline is not straight East-West. The coast here is NNW-SSE. If the wind is nearly straight North or straight South, this is one of the few sideonshore, sideoffshore coastline areas.



How to get there

Transport
Car
Access
Short walk

White Point is just to the west of the north end of the `Mid Bay Bridge`. You can get to the Mid Bay Bridge from either Destin or Niceville. Signs are prevalent. If you come from Destin side, you must pay $2 toll.

Extra information

Rules
Zones

Don't come ashore or drop your kite on private residence yards to the north of the point.

Nightlife

No information