A live feed that rotates between cams along 30A and the rest of South Walton, with the day's forecast on screen. The quickest single look at the water color and surf up and down the coast.
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30A Beach Cams
Live views of the Gulf on Scenic Highway 30A, in one place. Check the water, the surf and the beach flags before you head down, or from wherever you are this week.
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Insured Florida LLC · Watersound Origins · Alys · Rosemary · Scenic 30A
The short answer
30A beach cams are live video feeds of the Gulf of Mexico along Scenic Highway 30A in South Walton, Florida. Two public cams play on this page: 30A.com's 30A Beaches Live feed, which rotates between cams along 30A and the rest of South Walton, and a cam over Ed Walline Regional Beach Access in Santa Rosa Beach, across from Gulf Place and just west of Blue Mountain Beach. Both are free and work on a phone. The page is kept by Coastal Home Management 30A, the local home watch company in Watersound Origins that checks on second homes while their owners are away.
30A storm alerts
Get the heads up before the next one.
When a storm or a freeze is headed for 30A, Ryder emails what's coming, what to do with your home, and what he's seeing on the ground. Short, local, only when it matters.
Reading the cams
What to look for on a 30A beach cam
A cam tells you more than whether it is sunny. Look at the flag on the lifeguard stand, the color of the water, and the line where the waves break. Those three things are most of what you need to know before you load the car.
The beach flags
South Walton flies the same warning flags at every lifeguarded beach on 30A. If you can see the flagpole on a cam, you know the surf call for the day.
- Double red: The water is closed. Stay out of the Gulf entirely. Walton County can fine anyone who goes in $500.
- Red: High hazard from strong surf or currents. Knee-deep water is too deep.
- Yellow: Medium hazard. Moderate surf or currents, so swim with real caution.
- Green: Low hazard and calm conditions. Rip currents can still form, so stay alert.
- Purple: Dangerous marine life in the water, usually jellyfish or stingrays. Flies alongside the surf flag.
The water color
On a calm day the water off 30A runs clear emerald close in and deep blue past the sandbar. After heavy rain or a storm it turns cloudy and brown, partly from churned-up sand and partly from the coastal dune lakes, which open to the Gulf at their outfalls and push tea-colored lake water out along the beach. If the cam looks brown, give it a day or two.
The surf and the sandbar
Waves breaking in a clean line offshore usually mean a sandbar. A narrow gap where the water looks darker and flatter, with no waves breaking, is often a rip current pulling out through that bar. If you can spot one on the cam, you will spot it from the sand too. Swim near a lifeguard stand.
On storm days
During a tropical storm the cams show surge reaching the dunes and the dune walkovers taking water. They are also the first thing to go dark when the power fails. If a cam on this page drops offline in a storm, that is usually why. For what to do about a house during a storm, read our storm prep guide for 30A homeowners.
Watching from out of town?
Watching the beach is easy. Watching the house is our job.
A lot of people checking a 30A cam from somewhere else own a place here. Coastal Home Management 30A is the local team, led by owner Ryder Schilling, that checks on second homes from Inlet Beach and Watersound Origins to Alys and Rosemary Beach while owners are away. The same checklist at every home, photos and a written report every visit, and a direct line to Ryder.
East to west
Home watch along 30A, town by town
Every beach town on 30A builds and weathers differently. Each page covers the homes, the trouble spots and how we check on them there.
- Inlet BeachThe east end, where 30A meets Highway 98
- Watersound OriginsNorth of 30A, and our home base
- Rosemary BeachCourtyard homes and carriage houses off the boardwalks
- Alys BeachWhite masonry homes built to take the wind
- Seacrest BeachBetween Alys and Watersound, around the lagoon pool
- Watersound BeachGulf-front homes among the coastal dune lakes
- Seagrove BeachOlder beach cottages under the live oaks
- SeasideWood cottages and tin roofs in the town that started 30A
- WaterColorLarger homes along Western Lake
- Grayton BeachOld Florida cottages beside the state park
- Blue Mountain BeachThe tallest dunes on 30A
- Santa Rosa BeachGulf Place, Ed Walline and the west end
Questions
Asked plainly.
Is there a live beach cam on 30A?
Yes. Two public live cams play on this page: 30A.com's 30A Beaches Live feed, which rotates between cams along 30A and the rest of South Walton, and a cam over Ed Walline Regional Beach Access in Santa Rosa Beach. Both are free to watch and work on a phone.
Where is the Ed Walline beach cam?
At Ed Walline Regional Beach Access, where County Road 393 meets Scenic 30A across from Gulf Place in Santa Rosa Beach, just west of Blue Mountain Beach. The access has parking, restrooms, lifeguards in season and a two-story viewing platform over the beach. The cam is run by Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar.
Is there a live cam for Rosemary Beach or Inlet Beach?
Not one that can be shown outside its owner's own site right now. The Rosemary Beach rooftop stream that many cam lists still link ended in 2025. When a public cam for the east end of 30A comes online, it goes on this page.
What do the beach flags on 30A mean?
Green is low hazard, yellow is medium hazard, red is high hazard with strong surf or currents, and double red means the water is closed to the public. Walton County can fine anyone who goes in under double red flags $500. A purple flag means dangerous marine life, such as jellyfish or stingrays, and flies alongside the surf flag.
Why is a 30A beach cam offline?
Beach cams run on local power and internet, so they drop during storms, power cuts and maintenance. This page checks each feed every few minutes and marks a cam as offline instead of showing a dead player. Most come back on their own within a day.
Who can check on my 30A house while I'm out of town?
Coastal Home Management 30A, a locally owned, insured Florida LLC based in Watersound Origins. Its local team, led by owner Ryder Schilling, checks second homes from Inlet Beach to Alys and Rosemary Beach on a set schedule, with photos and a written report every visit. Plans and pricing are at coastalhomemngt30a.com/pricing.