Emerald Coast
Perdido Key Beach Cam
Live Gulf view from Mirabella on Perdido Key, Florida's westernmost beach.
Mirabella Beach · Mirabella · Perdido Key
Right now at Perdido Key
- Air temp
- 59°F
- Wind
- N 13 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- High 9:09 PM
Today runs 57–75°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 4:57 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 Perdido Key
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 Perdido Key, species by species.
Best bet: Spotted seatrout.
- Spotted seatrout80Prime
77°F water is right in the trout range.
Wind: 11 mph N, gusts 20
Better Thu: 91
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Redfish77Good
77°F water is right in the redfish range.
Better Tue: 86
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Sheepshead71Good
77°F water is a little warm for sheepshead; the bite starts to ease.
Wind: 11 mph N, gusts 20
Better Tue: 78
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today → - Tarpon70Good
77°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Better Tue: 86
- Spanish mackerel70Good
77°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Seas: 2.2 ft @ 3 s, short and steep
Better Tue: 91
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 Perdido Key
Perdido Key is the last barrier island in Florida before the Alabama line — a thin strip of near-pure quartz sand with the Gulf on one side and Old River and Big Lagoon on the other. Big stretches of it belong to Gulf Islands National Seashore and Perdido Key State Park, so the built-up section is short and the sand either side of it stays empty. The beach faces almost due south here, which means a summer south wind puts surf on it while the Panhandle beaches to the east stay flatter.
What this camera is good for
- Surf and water color on a south-facing beach
- Whether the Gulf is calm enough to run Perdido Pass
- How much of the beach the tide has left
- Storms tracking in from the west
Full conditions for Perdido Key
Common questions
- Is the Perdido Key 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 Perdido Key today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Perdido Key are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Pensacola. 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.