United States / Florida
Miramar Beach
Miramar Beach is a coastal resort area in Florida, United States. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 11.2 km. The sea averages 29.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 17.3 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in May–November.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 66Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 51Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 6Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 1Marinas & slipways
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 51 restaurants, 4 cafés, 8 bars and 3 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 51 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Miramar Beach
Beach-day index 8.9/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 18.1 °C | 17.3 °C | 18.3 °C | 20.7 °C | 24.4 °C | 27.6 °C | 29.0 °C | 29.3 °C | 28.6 °C | 25.9 °C | 22.3 °C | 19.9 °C |
| High °C | 16° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 26° | 21° | 18° |
| Low °C | 6° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 17° | 11° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 95 | 128 | 114 | 128 | 84 | 152 | 173 | 179 | 132 | 93 | 91 | 135 |
| Cloud % | 58 | 58 | 50 | 45 | 41 | 51 | 56 | 57 | 46 | 39 | 42 | 58 |
| Wind m/s | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Daylight h | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| Record high/low | 25°/-6° | 25°/-3° | 28°/-2° | 32°/5° | 36°/10° | 39°/18° | 37°/19° | 38°/18° | 37°/12° | 36°/4° | 30°/-2° | 26°/-3° |
| Beach index | 3.6 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 4.1 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in May–June and September–October; May scores 8.9/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 24.4 °C and 84 mm of rain.
In May that is 4.2 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 6.8 °C warmer than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 23.4 °C, warmer than 73% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (179 mm) and May the driest (84 mm); the yearly total is about 1,500 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.2 hours in December to 14.1 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 05:51 and sets at 19:31 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (190°). Open water fills about 19% of the horizon close by, which makes it a sheltered cove or bay.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 243° to 298°, behind the land.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the south, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 10 m deep and 21 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 7 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 47% built-up land, 30% grassland and 15% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 27% of that circle.
- Built 47%
- Grass 30%
- Tree 15%
- Bare 4%
- Crop 3%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Destin Executive Airport Destin | DSI | 10.8 km | west |
| Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport Valparaiso | VPS | 18.7 km | north-west |
| Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Panama City Beach | ECP | 54.4 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 6.1K residents); within 30 km there are 14 (about 146.9K).
Around the beach
Marinas
- San Destin. Baytowne wharf. Marina 810 m N
Diving & boat hire
- Glass Casa Carts And Bikes 640 m W
Campsites
- Geronimo RV Park 100 m NE
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miramar Beach | – | 29.3 °C | 11.2 km | – |
| Grayton Beach | 18.7 km E | 29.3 °C | 2.5 km | – |
| Rosemary Beach | 35.0 km E | 29.3 °C | 3.2 km | – |
| Navarre Beach | 48.0 km W | 29.3 °C | – | – |
- Grayton Beach18.7 km ECompare
- Rosemary Beach35.0 km ECompare
- Navarre Beach48.0 km WCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 1.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w928894972; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_16REU_20251020_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 165K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.