Emerald Coast
Mexico Beach Cam
Live camera on the Gulf at Mexico Beach, on the quiet end of the Panhandle.
Beachfront · Mexico Beach
Right now at Mexico Beach
- Air temp
- 60°F
- Wind
- N 8 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 3:55 AM tomorrow
Today runs 57–74°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 4:50 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
Which fish look best today at Mexico Beach
The same day scores differently for each fish: water temperature, wind, tide and seas count differently for a snook than for a sheepshead. Today’s read for Mexico Beach, species by species.
Best bet: Spotted seatrout.
- Spotted seatrout78Good
79°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease.
Tide: 1.4 ft range · 0 in daylight
Better Wed: 89
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Redfish76Good
79°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 1.4 ft range · 0 in daylight
Better Tue: 86
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Sheepshead67Good
79°F water is warm for sheepshead. Fish early, late and where current moves.
Wind: 6 mph N, gusts 20
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today → - Tarpon54Fair
79°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Tide: 1.4 ft range · 0 in daylight
Better Wed: 88
- Spanish mackerel54Fair
79°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Seas: 3.3 ft @ 4 s, short and steep
Better Tue: 92
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today →
Scores conditions for each fish, not where they are or when a run starts. Water temperature is today’s reading applied to the whole week, so a cold front further out won’t show here until the water follows. Temperature ranges are rules of thumb for Florida inshore water.
About Mexico Beach
Mexico Beach is a small, deliberately low-rise town on open Gulf — no high-rises, no pass, no crowds, and a rebuild since Hurricane Michael that has kept its scale intact. With no inlet nearby, this is surf and nearshore reef country: pompano and whiting in the trough, kings and cobia along the bars in spring, and one of the best-developed artificial reef fields on the coast a few miles out. Wind matters more than tide here, and a light offshore morning is what everyone waits for.
What this camera is good for
- Whether the Gulf is flat enough for the run to the reefs
- Surf and water clarity
- How empty the beach actually is
- Sunset
Full conditions for Mexico Beach
Common questions
- Is the Mexico Beach camera live?
- Yes, it is a live stream running 24 hours a day. If it looks dark, it is night at the camera.
- Does it cost anything to watch?
- No. Salty Forecast is completely free — no ads, no account, no paid tier, and nothing on this page is behind a sign-up.
- What are the tides at Mexico Beach today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Mexico Beach are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Panama City Beach. Tide state changes what the beach looks like on camera — at low water the beach is at its widest.
- Why does the camera look hazy or dark?
- Live cameras sit outdoors: rain on the lens, salt spray, fog and low light all affect the picture. Night views are lit only by whatever is nearby. If the feed is down entirely, that is the operator's camera rather than this page — the conditions above still update.