Emerald Coast Condo Map
Gulf Front

South Bay by the Gulf

Destin

Okaloosa County · Condo Row

By Josh Parish, Founding Editor · Updated 08/28/2026

3D Flyover

Aerial 3D flyover, generated from Google Earth. Not a walk-through tour of the building.

South Bay by the Gulf is a Gulf-Front building in Destin, FL, built in 1974 with 109 condos. Short-term rentals are allowed, recent sale prices fall in the $400K–$1M band, and on-site amenities include a pool and tennis courts.

1974
Built
109
Units
Gulf Front
Frontage
Allowed
Rentals
Google Maps →Street View →
Amenities
  • —Pool
  • —Tennis
Map
Showing 0 of 51Pick a group to place its pins.

Location approximate

Closest by car: private Gulf-front beach; grocery — Publix - Destin (0.6 mi); town center — HarborWalk Village (2.1 mi); hospital — Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast (10 mi); airport — Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) (8.7 mi).

Customary Use
Customary Use

South Bay by the Gulf sits right on the Gulf. Along this coast, the wet sand below the mean high-water line is always open to the public. Where a beach has been rebuilt with public money, that open stretch can reach farther up, to a marked Erosion Control Line. The dry sand in front of it is private, with no public-use ruling on record. Reflects the public record as of June 2026.

How customary use works on the Emerald Coast →

County and court records. Editorial assessments are the author's own. Not legal advice.

Geographic Overlays
Geographic Overlays
FEMA flood zone (parcel): VE, AE, X
FIRM panel: 12091C0488J, effective 03/09/2021
Base flood elevation: 15 ft
Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS): Outside all three
Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL): Landward
Evacuation zone: B
Critically eroded shoreline: Critical. Florida DEP designates the western Destin shoreline (R17 to R25.5) as critically eroded — the state's term for a beach where erosion now threatens buildings, roads, parks or habitat. A restored beach keeps that designation so it stays eligible for state money to maintain it. Holiday Isle got emergency sand in 2010 and the full beach restoration was finished in 2013. This building's pin is not precise, so no distance is stated.
Source: FEMA NFHL (https://hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer) layer 28 Flood Hazard Zones — flood zone, SFHA and base flood elevation; layer 3 FIRM Panels — FIRM panel and effective date. USFWS/USGS CBRS Mapper (https://gis1.wim.usgs.gov/server/rest/services/CBRSMapper/CoastalBarrierResourcesSystem/MapServer) layer 3 CBRS Units — CBRS status. Florida DEP (https://ca.dep.state.fl.us/arcgis/rest/services/OpenData/COASTAL_ENV_PERM/MapServer) layer 2 Coastal Construction Control Lines — CCCL position; layer 3 Coastal Critical Erosion Areas — critically eroded shoreline, read against FDEP's Critically Eroded Beaches in Florida, August 2025, in which Okaloosa and Walton were last revised June 2014. Florida DEM (https://services.arcgis.com/3wFbqsFPLeKqOlIK/ArcGIS/rest/services/Evacuation_Zones_20230608/FeatureServer) layer 12 Evacuation_Zones_20240226, last edited 2024-02-26 — evacuation zone. · as of 2026-07-27
County parcel record
South Bay by the Gulf — Parcel parcel record
Parcel08/20/2026Okaloosa County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar
South Bay by the Gulf — Block parcel record
Block08/20/2026Okaloosa County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar
South Bay by the Gulf — Area parcel record
Area08/20/2026Okaloosa County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar

The Buyer's Intelligence Report

Get the Buyer's Intelligence Report

What the report covers: HOA financials, milestone and SIRS status, insurance, comps, and county records — compiled in one place for South Bay by the Gulf.

Prepared and delivered by Josh Parish, Emerald Coast Acquisitions · Destin, Florida. Access requires a signed buyer-broker agreement.

Building facts verified against the County Property Appraiser parcel records. Editorial assessments, metrics, and vibe are the author's own.