Looking for a quiet spot for kids to play in the water? Consider going to a beach along the Santa Rosa Sound. Find the right spot and it will be shallow and free of waves and rip currents. It’s a different atmosphere than the main beach across the street. There are fewer people, fewer umbrellas, […]

Who doesn’t need an iced drink during a long day at the beach? No one that we can think of. SandBar, which is just east of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, now serves iced drinks both with and without alcohol.  The bar is true to its name and is surrounded by the snow-white sand of Navarre

If you want to feel like you own Navarre Beach, get up early in the morning to watch the sunrise. It’s a peaceful start to the day and you pretty much have the whole beach to yourself. Sunrise typically lasts about 5 or 6 minutes, but the colorful moments leading up to and following sunrise

Going to the beach is a blast but lugging all your stuff about 100 yards from your trunk to your sandy beachfront spot is not anyone’s idea of fun.Want to save yourself the hard work of struggling across the sand carrying everything? A new local business has opened on Navarre Beach called S cartgo Beach

We can’t promise you that any sea turtles will be laying their eggs during your visit, but if you come to Navarre Beach in the summer and early fall, you’ll be here during sea turtle nesting season. Sea turtles, including green sea turtles and leatherbacks, have been known to nest along our beautiful white sand

Did you know that even many locals can’t always tell when surf conditions are hazardous? They rely on the Navarre Beach Fire Rescue service which staffs the beach with qualified guards who post flags denoting the color of the day. Similar to traffic lights, red means stop, or at least be very cautious. Yellow means

One of the first things visitors to Navarre Beach usually notice is the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. The pier, which is just over a quarter of a mile long, is one of the area’s most popular attractions for fishermen as well as folks who want to walk its length, peering down into the aquarium-blue waters

While you’re relaxing on Navarre Beach, soaking up the sand and sunshine and crystalline waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the locals are secretly jealous of you. Although they have the privilege of living here year-round, there’s nothing like taking a few days or a week to simply savor a place as beautiful as Navarre

When you come to Navarre Beach, you’ll meet more than other beachgoers. The chance of meeting pelicans, great blue herons and other shorebirds is very high. They fish and, in many cases, nest along local beaches. Some of these birds, more elusive up north, have become very accustomed to sharing the beach with visitors. The