Beach Archive

The beginning of the holiday season marks the end of lifeguard season on Navarre Beach. The official final day for the Navarre Beach Lifeguards was Oct. 26.
The 2025 season (March 8 to Oct. 26) saw a busy beach with 1,991,487 people in attendance but not too much action, according to Navarre Beach Safety Division Chief Austin Turnbull.

A soon-to-be published study on the impacts of watercraft upon sea turtles has found nearly one out of every four sea turtles stranded along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts show signs of vessel-strike injuries (VSI).

The study covered areas including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.

Sea turtle nesting season in Florida runs from springtime through the end of October. In Northwest Florida, the season officially starts May 1 and ends Oct. 31.
The 2025 nesting season brought 18 nests, a high number for Navarre Beach, but mixed results overall.

Replacement of Navarre Beach Bridge in the coming years is a big priority for the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners. The biggest question facing the commission has been how to pay for it.
At their Oct. 20 meeting in Tiger Point, the commission may have gotten their answer.

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Navarre Beach Pier will have winter operating hours of 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. starting Sunday, Nov. 2.

A sea of bright pink stretched across Navarre Beach’s multi-use path Saturday, Oct. 18.

Green sea turtles are one of the four kinds of sea turtles which nest along the sugar-white sands of Navarre Beach. Long listed as an endangered species, green sea turtles were recently reclassified as being of “least concern” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Navarre Beach Marine Science Station is serving up a Saturday of scary science Oct. 25.

The proposed Navarre Beach Bridge toll died not with a bang, but with a whimper, at the Oct. 9 Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners meeting.