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