United States / Florida
Rosemary Beach
Rosemary Beach is a coastal resort area in Florida, United States. Its longest mapped beach (Eastern Green Beach) stretches about 3.2 km. The sea averages 29.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 17.1 °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
- 54Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 45Hotels & guesthouses
- 5Grocery shops
- 3Water-sports spots
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 40 restaurants, 8 cafés, 5 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 45 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 Rosemary 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 | 17.9 °C | 17.1 °C | 18.2 °C | 20.7 °C | 24.3 °C | 27.6 °C | 29.0 °C | 29.3 °C | 28.6 °C | 25.8 °C | 22.2 °C | 19.6 °C |
| High °C | 16° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 22° | 18° |
| Low °C | 5° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 15° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 93 | 131 | 115 | 118 | 76 | 145 | 170 | 175 | 122 | 83 | 87 | 133 |
| Cloud % | 53 | 55 | 49 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 55 | 54 | 47 | 39 | 40 | 54 |
| Wind m/s | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 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 | 26°/-8° | 27°/-5° | 29°/-4° | 34°/3° | 38°/8° | 40°/17° | 39°/17° | 39°/17° | 39°/10° | 38°/1° | 31°/-5° | 28°/-5° |
| Beach index | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 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 and September–October; May scores 9.0/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 24.3 °C and 76 mm of rain.
In May that is 4.3 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 72% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (175 mm) and May the driest (76 mm); the yearly total is about 1,450 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.2 hours in December to 14.1 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 05:50 and sets at 19:29 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-west (205°). Open water fills about 33% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in October–February; in mid-December it goes down at 16:45 local time on a bearing of 243°.
Straight out to the south-south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 8 m deep and 19 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 13 m above sea level 500 m inland and 15 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 52% built-up land, 36% tree cover and 8% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 27% of that circle.
- Built 52%
- Tree 36%
- Grass 8%
- Bare 4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Panama City Beach | ECP | 22.8 km | east |
| Destin Executive Airport Destin | DSI | 45.7 km | west |
| Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport Valparaiso | VPS | 52.9 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 3.9K residents); within 30 km there are 7 (about 70.9K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Diving & boat hire
- Bamboo Beach Club 30 m NE
- Peddlers 30A 380 m W
- Emerald Wake 920 m E
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemary Beach | – | 29.3 °C | 3.2 km | – |
| Grayton Beach | 16.3 km W | 29.3 °C | 2.5 km | – |
| Panama City Beach | 23.3 km SE | 29.4 °C | 1.2 km | – |
| Miramar Beach | 35.0 km W | 29.3 °C | 11.2 km | – |
- Grayton Beach16.3 km WCompare
- Panama City Beach23.3 km SECompare
- Miramar Beach35.0 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 14.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w878892892; 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.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_16REU_20241010_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.