Florida / Walton County / Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Gulf coast · Santa Rosa Beach
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park surf spot
“The park offers swimming, surfing, and freshwater fishing, hiking, cycling, and birding.”
From Wikipedia, read 2026-11-03.
How to get there
Access point: Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, Santa Rosa Beach, Walton County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (30.36637, -86.29183), looked up 2026-11-03.
Parking, bathrooms and the essentials
- Parking
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Restrooms
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Showers
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Lifeguards
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Hours
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
Which way it faces
Worked out from which way the beach faces
194° south-southwest (SSW)
Swell that lines up: from 159° to 229° (SSE to SW), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 114° and 274° (ESE and W) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 14° (north-northeast), the orange dashes. Wind from NNW through ENE blows off the land.
This is geometry, not local knowledge: the seaward direction of the OpenStreetMap coastline next to the spot (this way), checked 2026-11-03. It ignores sandbars, jetties, shoals, islands. The sources below beat it where they disagree.
Check it before you call in
- Buoy: NDBC 42012, ORANGE BEACH - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL, 125.3 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 42012 - Tides: NOAA station 8729511, East Pass (Destin), 21.5 km away.
Tide predictions · Station page - Surf zone forecast: NWS Tallahassee (TAE), the office that covers this beach. Rip current risk, surf height and the forecast discussion.
Surf zone forecast · Rip current safety
Links chosen by distance from NOAA's own station lists; checked 2026-11-03.
Sources
- Topsail Hill Preserve State Park - Wikipedia, Wikipedia, read 2026-11-03.
The park offers swimming, surfing, and freshwater fishing, hiking, cycling, and birding.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap leisure/park "Topsail Hill Preserve State Park", looked up through Nominatim.
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