Destin East Pass

Destin / Okaloosa Island · Gulf coast

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Current in the inlet

No NOAA current station here. The app assumes the ebb is possible from 30 minutes before high water until 3 hours after low water, at about 3 kn, setting toward 170° (south) along the inlet axis. It says so on screen: the window is deliberately wide.

Ebb against swell on the bar

Swell and wind from the south meet the ebb head on: waves get shorter and steeper and can break on the bar. The same swell on the flood is usually far easier. The app compares the hour-by-hour current with the forecast waves and wind to rate each hour.

Bar depth used to estimate wave steepening: about 3 m (10 ft). Sandbars move: this is not a chart and never says where to cross.

Local notes

After Hurricane Isaias: sandbars, buoys and channels may have moved. Check the Coast Guard Local Notices to Mariners before going out.

Hour by hour, 48 hours ahead

The app rates every hour of the next 48 for Destin East Pass: Lower risk, Caution, Hazardous or Extreme, with waves on the bar, wind, current and the inlet map. Free trial of Pro for 7 days.

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